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ATTORNEYS for Dr Ophelia Wells, a Grenada-based public policy consultant and the ex-wife of Grenada’s finance minister, have issued a pre-action protocol letter to Crime Watch talk-show host and producer Ian Alleyne, signalling possible defamation proceedings over an online publication referencing her name.

The letter, sent on August 25 by attorneys Michael Rooplal and Gisanne Ramjit of Omega Chambers, said Wells intends to pursue a High Court claim unless Alleyne retracts the post and issues an apology.

The publication, titled “US revokes visas of Grenada’s Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall over Cuban medical brigade issue,” was posted August 21 on Alleyne’s Facebook page. The post referenced Wells under her former married name and suggested her US visa had been revoked.