{"id":15754,"date":"2026-01-20T20:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15754"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:20:45","slug":"court-orders-agradaa-to-pay-gh%c2%a2100000-in-empress-gifty-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15754","title":{"rendered":"Court Orders Agradaa to Pay GH\u00a2100,000 in Empress Gifty Defamation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/88222401.295-Copy-696x390-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/88222401.295-Copy-696x390-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/88222401.295-Copy-696x390-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal disputes between gospel musician Empress Gifty Oppong Adorye and evangelist Patricia Asiedua have been resolved amicably, ending two high-profile court cases before the Tema Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The settlement was formalized as a Consent Judgment on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, closing the lawsuits filed in May and June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cases stemmed from publications by Evangelist Asiedua alleging that Empress Gifty was an adulteress\u2014claims the musician said were defamatory and damaging to her reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the agreement, Evangelist Asiedua paid GH\u00a2100,000 to Empress Gifty to cover legal fees and related expenses, issued a public apology, and retracted the statements that prompted the lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both parties have requested the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) to facilitate the removal of the disputed publications from social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court documents confirm that the payment and apology have been made in full. In return, Empress Gifty has withdrawn all claims and waived any further demands related to the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court\u2019s adoption of the settlement terms makes the agreement final and binding, officially concluding the dispute. Both parties have expressed their readiness to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-171-692x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-171-692x1024-1.png 692w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image-171-692x1024-1-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legal disputes between gospel musician Empress Gifty Oppong Adorye and evangelist Patricia Asiedua have been resolved amicably, ending two high-profile court cases before the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15757,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions\/15757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}