Viral KTDA Director John Chebochok Goes After BBC over Trending ‘Sex For Work’ expose
Viral KTDA Director John Chebochok Goes After BBC over Trending ‘Sex For Work’ expose: Newly elected Director of Toror Tea Factory, John Chebochok, has issued a demand letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) demanding a Ksh.100 million defamation settlement over their documentary titled ‘Sex for work: The True Cost of Our Tea.’
Chebochok was accused of allegedly sexually targeting female workers at a James Finlay Limited factory in Kericho in exchange for employment
Through his lawyer Danstan Omari, the director has declared that the allegations from the documentary were lies that were meant to turnish his name.
The Demand Letter Read,”Politicians who are against our client’s political bid appeared to have been angered that he implemented mechanization at Finlay and as a result, some of their voters lost jobs and the said competitors fought the said process unsuccessfully,”
“The malicious broadcast of your documentary has caused our client significant emotional, psychological and unwarranted distress and stigma. Several entities have since used your documentary to recklessly tarnish our client’s name,”read part of the Letter.
He added: They intend to use the contents of the documentary to subvert the will of the people to democratically elect him from amongst a group of other contestants.
Therefore, Omari has demanded that the BBC should offer a full publication of an apology and remove the said documentary from their channel.
He stated,”Take notice that should you fail to make good the demands of our client within the next 3 working days, we have instructions to seek other legal remedies to protect the image of our client, including but not limited to instituting a suit against you at your cost,”
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