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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wins libel trial - judge finds plaintiff to be a fraudster and liar

Ford was sued by over a Toronto Sun interview in which he said an untendered contract awarded to Tuggs Inc for a concession at the city`s boardwalk smacks of corruption.

Tuggs owner George Foulidis sued Ford for libel and the case was dismissed on interesting grounds. Evidently, George Foulidis was not listed as a senior officer of Tugs Inc when Ford`s interview took place. George Foulidis`brother Konstantinos was the one who was listed as the president, secretary and treasurer. Therefore no reasonable person would have taken Ford`s comments about Tuggs to refer to George Foulidis.


The judge also noted that the plaintiff, George Foulidis was a fraudster and a liar.

Which would give him something in common with lots of people out to get Rob Ford.

You can read the judgement here



3 comments:

The Hammer said...

The Toronto Star went out of their way to present this in the best possible light for George Foulidis

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1308125--boardwalk-pub-says-ford-lawsuit-worth-it-despite-loss

Richard K said...

I wouldn`t be surprised to hear if al Starzeera had subsidized the plaintiff`s legal costs for the libel case.

The Hammer said...

Oh I am sure the Red Star did. The rest was probably picked up by CUPE.