PRO of Charterhouse, Mr. George Nii Armah Quaye, has disclosed that though counsel for Shatta Wale is pleading for out of court settlement in the on-going defamation case, they will not settle for that.

George made this revelation when he was interviewed on Entertainment Ghana on 11^th Nov, 2014. “We want the court to settle the matter. Not that we don’t believe in the ADR. It is a very good option that is why it’s there in our laws.

“But looking at the nature of this matter, the personal attacks, insults, there are even certain elements of threats – we want the court to settle this matter for us. At the end of the day, if some damages are pronounced, we all in the entertainment industry will learn from it.

“We want everything to stay at the court. It will be better if we leave both parties to allow the court to handle everything totally so that at the end of the day, we will be able to have a better understanding and work together in harmony.”

The recent Tigo Unplugged concert held at the national stadium saw Shatta Wale perform on the stage – though Charterhouse organized the show. Some have already started speculating that it’s Tigo that contracted Shatta and not, Charterhouse – due to the seemingly friction between them now.

When GhanaCelebrities.Com contacted George, he confirmed that it’s Charterhouse that contracted Shatta Wale.

On 2nd October 2014, Charterhouse sued Shatta Wale for defamation seeking damages of GH¢10million. This was after the self-acclaimed Dancehall King, accused the events company and its CEO, Iyiola Ayoade, of being corrupt and “foolish” in 4 separate videos – warning them to stop denying musicians from other regions of Ghana the needed recognition.

An Accra Fast Track High Court on Monday October 20, 2014 sat to hear the injunction part of the case which was requested by the owner of event Management Company, Charterhouse and its CEO, Mr. Iyiola Ayoade against the self-acclaimed Dancehall King, Shatta Wale, real name Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr.

Shatta Wale was represented in court by his father and Manager for Administration, Mr. Mensah and his Manager for PR, events and media, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog. At the end of the hearing, the court granted an interlocutory injunction against Shatta Wale.

Meaning, Shatta Wale and all his associates dare not release anything against Charterhouse or anybody affiliated with Charterhous—-be it in writing on social media, in music, radio, TV, video or through any other form of communication or publication.

In the main case of defamation, Shatta Wale’s lawyer pleaded with the court extensively for an out of court settlement and asked for one month within which they believe by then the case might have been settled amicably between the two parties.

However, lawyer for Charterhouse and Mr. Ayoade, Lawyer Egbert Faibelle, said one month was too long for a possible out of court settlement so the court agreed to a two week timetable after which if both parties are not able to settle the case out of court, the case would be recalled.

The next seating on the case comes off this Thursday – where both parties shall appear before the court. Ghanacelebrities.Com is still following up on this matter. Until then…MOTWUM!!