Popular Gospel singer Tope Alabi has threatened legal action against individuals who publish or circulate false and defamatory statements about her. The warning was contained in a public notice issued by her solicitors, Oakmount Legal Practitioners, and fans have been reacting.
Warning that even those who share such content online could face liability, her lawyers stated that they have been instructed to pursue legal remedies against people who try to tarnish the musician’s image.
The solicitors added that the singer’s reputation is a valuable personal and professional asset that is protected by law.
It read, “That any person who, without lawful justification, publishes or causes to be published, whether in writing, in print, through images, videos, audio, electronic or social media posts, or any other permanent form (libel), or by spoken words, broadcasts, interviews, podcasts, live streams, voice notes or any other transient form (slander), any statement concerning our Client which is false, malicious or calculated to injure her reputation, shall be held personally liable for such publication.
Liability may extend, inter alia, to the originator of the statement and to any person who repeats, republishes, reposts, shares, forwards or otherwise amplifies the same, depending on the circumstances of the publication and any applicable legal defences.
The use of anonymous, pseudonymous or unverified accounts does not, of itself, confer immunity from legal liability.”
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