BLOGGER, journalist, university instructor and communications consultant Rhoda Bharath has been ordered to pay Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal for a defamatory post on her social media page in April 2020.

Justice Margaret Mohammed ordered Bharath to pay general damages of $75,000 and $19,000 in costs. She was also restrained from repeating the “serious, accusatory and sarcastic” comments. The judge’s order was made on February 21.

In an immediate response, Moonilal said, “As I have said repeatedly, my political opponents have been working overtime to tarnish my reputation.