IN the coming weeks, attorneys for Public Utilities Minister Colm Imbert are expected to file defamation claims against two individuals for allegedly making defamatory statements about him on social media platforms – Facebook and TikTok.

Imbert’s attorneys have written to Gerard Small, Mr X of More FM 104.7 FM, who is contesting the St Ann’s East seat for the COP, and Robert Matthew Gibbs, demanding an apology, retraction of the posts and videos, assurances the statements will not be repeated and a reasonable proposal for damages.

The letters, sent by attorney Mpule Williams of Hove and Associates, contend that Imbert’s name and image were used in multiple posts and videos that referred to him in defamatory terms and other language implying he was a criminal, dishonest, corrupt, or incompetent, among other serious allegations.