A court in Yerevan rejected a “disgraceful” lawsuit filed by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan against Alternativ.am media outlet for “defamatory” statements in an article, lawyer Alexander Kochubaev said on Thursday.
In a public post on Facebook, he also said Simonyan has been obliged to pay 100,000 drams in compensation.
"Although the amount is small, next time it will make you think twice about fling a lawsuit. At the same time, this means that the claims in the article remain unrefuted and are presumably true,” the lawyer said, sharing the copy of the ruling on his page and hailing the high professionalism of the judge who ruled on the matter.
Simonyan filed the lawsuit on September 18, 2020, demanding compensation from the news outlet for “hurting” his honor and dignity. The court proceeded with the lawsuit on 28 September.
The senior lawmaker also filed a similar lawsuit against Iravunk Media LLC. The case is assigned to the same judge.