2019 May 7

Joelle c. Bayiga, 2019 QCCS 1808

The Superior Court of Quebec awarded $20,000 moral damages and $10,000 punitive damages to the plaintiff over false and defamatory allegations published in five videos posted to the Internet which attacked the personal history and character of the plaintiff.  The Court noted that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence.  The Court ordered the defendant to remove the defamatory videos from her Facebook page and other Internet sites where they had been posted and to retract and apologize to the plaintiff on Facebook within 30 days.