Caprice ordered to pay preacher Ebit Lew RM220,000 for defamation
Court orders the social media influencer to apologise to the preacher within 48 hours for seven statements made in 2023.
Ariz Ramli, also known as Caprice, has been ordered to pay RM220,000 to preacher Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew for defamation, according to the Shah Alam sessions court. The court ruled that Ariz's seven statements made in 2023 through an Indonesian social media influencer, Mondy Tattoo, defamed the independent preacher. Judge Zuhrina Nor ordered Ariz to issue a public apology and retract the statements within 48 hours, as reported by Sinar Harian.
The defamation allegations arose when Ariz uploaded a video clip of a podcast episode on which Mondy appeared in September 2023. Ebit claimed that the seven statements in the clip implied that he had sexually abused an Indonesian woman and was an irresponsible person who exploited religion, causing him to suffer social media backlash. Ebit was represented by Akberdin Abdul Kader, while Ariz was represented by Rezan Ezra Mosinal.
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