West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has won the defamation suit. The Caribbean batsman, who was accused of behaving in a cowbearing manner with Lean Russell, was also exempted from the complaint by the West Indies batsman.
Fairfax Media of Australia took the charge According to their claim the incident took place during the 2015 World Cup. Gayle, in the dressing room of the Sydney Cricket Ground, was given a massage therapist Lion Russell in front of a towel or a towel.
In January this year, the news of Gayle's scandal was consistently published by Fairfax Media Group magazine Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Canberra Times. Gayle had filed a defamation suit in a court in New South Wales claiming that he was "indecent", "dirty" and "false". The West Indies cricketer was released yesterday by the verdict of the case.
Gayle successfully proved in the court that there was no such incident. It is not yet known how much money he will claim as compensation. Gayle told reporters outside of Sydney's King Street Court complex, "I'm a good man. I'm not a criminal. I am happy that people have come to know the truth. '
Fairfax Media is investigating whether the court will appeal against this verdict. They claimed that Jurini had been misled. The company's counsel, Peter Bartlett, said that if the appeal does not change, then the company's huge amount of money will be lost.
The court said in the verdict, reports published in Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times are hate and motivated. The final verdict will be announced tomorrow. Source: BBC Sports.