KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent– Minister of Tourism Carlos James has described as “unfounded, false, and defamatory” a post circulated on social media making specific allegations about him.
James, a lawyer into his first term as MP for North Leeward, warned against “sharing and circulating defamatory statements” and said he was trying to determine the origin of the post.
He used his Carlos James – North Leeward Facebook page to respond to the post and then shared the response to his personal Facebook page.
The post being circulated on social media spoke of an alleged incident on November 2.
In his post, James said: “While I understand the excitement for salacious gossip, there are things we take too far. A post circulating on social media was brought to my attention regarding an alleged incident purporting to involve a recent contestant in the Miss SVG 2022 pageant’ and a ‘Registered Nurse’.’This is simply unfounded, false, and defamatory.
“We should be mindful of people’s reputation when sharing and circulating defamatory statements. While we are trying to ascertain the origin of this post, I want to remind the general public that you, too, can be liable for sharing or republishing defamatory statements.
“I hope that we can all be guided accordingly and refrain from damaging the reputation of others,” he added.
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