Currently facing a multimillion dollar libel suit from Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe has been slapped with yet another—like the first—to the tune of $70 million also.
This time, it is Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Brutus who is the litigant, but like Karim-baksh, his accusations against Slowe of labeling him among other things incompetent are identical.
Just over two months ago, Karimbaksh who is also Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), brought an action against Slowe whom he accused of creating Face-book and YouTube pages called “Speaking Out: Exposing Corruption and Incompetence.”
Karimbaksh contends that the social media pages were created for “the sole purpose of launching character attacks” on the police officers investigating the criminal matters against him (Slowe), which are currently pending before the court.
In his suit, Brutus (the Claimant) said that Slowe (the Defendant) made certain defamatory statements against him in various publications on the social media sites between November 2nd, of last year and January 12th, of this year.
Like Karimbaksh, Brutus contends that the articles complained of have cast aspersions on his integrity, competence and professionalism and that they have caused and continue to cause injury to his reputation.
Like Karimbaksh, he says that the publications have caused him to suffer “considerable hurt, distress and embarrassment”, while advancing that they were deliberate, actuated by malice and were published in retaliation against the criminal charges instituted against him (Slowe).
Again, like Karimbaksh, Brutus says he has been exposed to “reputational injury and hurt” and continues to be demeaned in the eyes of his peers and subordinate ranks of the Guyana Police Force; while stating that the publications in questions “were calculated to, and did in fact cause” his authority to be questioned.
He is also seeking a total of $70 million in damages against Slowe.
Brutus is asking the court to grant him an injunction against Slowe publishing the alleged libel and to order him to remove the publications from the internet.
Like Karimbaksh, Brutus is being represented by attorney Chandrapratesh Satram.
