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Majidi-Benchemsi Case: Paris Correctional Court has recognized that all the words used by the journalist are defamatory.
The journalist Benchemsi won his innocence and lose its credibility
A French court has ruled in favor of King Mohammed VI Private Secretary Mohamed Mounir El Majidi for a defamation case.
The case dates back to the summer of 2012 when El Majidi had filed a defamation suit against Moroccan journalist Ahmed Reda Benchemsi for blackmailing him in a column published by French widely circulated daily “Le Monde.”
The 17th Chamber of the Paris Correctional Court has recognized that all the words used by the journalist are defamatory.
Benchemsi tried unsuccessfully to turn this trial into an indictment pleading platform against Morocco and its institutions, however the French court ruled in favor of the Moroccan senior official and thus justice has been done. The French Court has however acquitted Benchemsi taking into account “his good faith.”
The French justice has thus confirmed that although the freedom of expression is a sacred right, it can never be claimed to tarnish the reputation of a person by the circulation of slanderous allegations. For Mounir El Majidi’s defense attorney, Hicham Naciri, the judgment is a victory.
“Our goal was not to obtain financial compensations but to cleanse Mr. El Majidi’s honor from malevolent and unfounded accusations. And this is what has been confirmed today by the Paris Court,” Naciri said. Apparently, attempts by Benchemsi’s defense attorneys and witnesses to transform this lawsuit into a trial against the kingdom and its institutions proved to be unsuccessful.
