2018 May 29

Asghar v Alon, 2018 ONSC 3342

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted a summary judgment application by a defendant and dismissed this defamation lawsuit on the basis that certain Twitter postings concerning the plaintiff were true.  The Court stated: “First, the defendant`s version of events is corroborated by … other affidavits. Second, it is undisputed that the plaintiff and the defendant were unknown to each other prior to the event, so the defendant had no motive to post these things about the plaintiff unless they were true.  Third, if the defendant was motivated by malice as the plaintiff contends, he would likely have made far worse allegations that he did.  Fourth, the plaintiff’s language in his affidavit … is confirmatory of the allegations…”