Samvel Karapetyan suing Alen Simonyan for AMD 6mln for defamation

ArmInfo.  Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, has filed a lawsuit against Alen Simonyan, the speaker of the Armenian parliament, demanding 6 million  drams in compensation for defamation.

According to a report posted in the Datalex legal system, the lawsuit  seeks Karapetyan's defense team to compel the court to compel  Simonyan to publicly retract the factual information he expressed,  deemed defamatory, and contained in the speaker's May 19 posts on  Facebook and TikTok. In particular, Simonyan, speaking about  Karapetyan, states that "law enforcement agencies must assess how it  is possible and legal for an employee of another foreign intelligence  service to create a party in the Republic of Armenia and engage in  politics."

Karapetyan's defense emphasizes that Simonyan's allegations are  completely false, untrue, and thus defame Samvel Karapetyan.

Karapetyan's defense demands that Simonyan post retractions on the  same social media platforms.  Furthermore, Karapetyan's defense  demands that Simonyan pay 6 million drams in compensation for  defamation, as well as legal costs consisting of the state fee and  reasonable attorney's fees.