Anas vrs Ken Agyapong: Case in US not concluded yet, there is no judgment and so no award – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner Kwaku Amoh Darteh, has said that the case involving investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and businessman and politician, Kennedy Agyapong in the United States court has not concluded yet.

To that end, he said there has been no award of damages against Mr Agyepong by the court.

“In simple terms in law,  there cannot be an award when there is no judgement. There is no judgment so there cannot be an award, a judgment has not been entered so how can people be talking about  18 million Dollars?  That is the case, if there is no judgment there cannot be an award. Now there is a motion for a mistrial that the judge is going to give in 30 days.

“Right now there is no conclusion, the case is not concluded yet, there is no judgment and if there is no judgment there cannot be an award,” Mr Amoh Darteh told Accra-based Class FM on Wednesday, March 19.

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His comments come at a time when Anas Aremeyaw Anas said he had been vindicated after securing a significant legal victory in the Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey, USA.

The court delivered a unanimous verdict, holding Kennedy Agyapong, a former Ghanaian Member of Parliament, liable for defamation and awarding damages of $18 million.

“This decision is not merely a legal triumph—it is a resounding affirmation that falsehood and character assassination have no place in our society,” Anas stated following the ruling.

He emphasized that the verdict strengthens the fight for democracy and accountability, ensuring that those in positions of power cannot recklessly attack journalists without consequences.

Anas highlighted the stark contrast between the justice he received in the United States and his experience in Ghana.

In 2018, despite Agyapong’s own admission of lacking evidence for his claims, an Accra High Court ruling dismissed Anas’ case and instead vilified him. The ruling was later condemned by Supreme Court Justice Kulendi, who described it as a “violent abuse of judicial authority.”

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