{"id":57937,"date":"2023-04-14T20:50:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/14\/celebrity-lookalikes-could-face-about-20-year-jail-term-if-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T20:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:50:35","slug":"celebrity-lookalikes-could-face-about-20-year-jail-term-if-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/14\/celebrity-lookalikes-could-face-about-20-year-jail-term-if-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity lookalikes could face about 20 year jail term if&#8230; \u2013 Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-131928.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Legal practitioner, Godwin Selasi Owusu says individuals impersonating celebrities could spend about 20 years in jail if they do not desist from the act.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Joy Prime\u2019s<\/strong> Prime Morning, he explained that impersonation of an individual is a criminal act, according to the law, and if the culprits are taken to court, they could be accused of defrauding by false pretence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kw4ZODF9GkI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Celebrity lookalikes could face about 20 year jail term if\u2026 \u2013 Lawyer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kw4ZODF9GkI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause defrauding by false pretence under Act 29 which is the criminal act under section 132 talks about the fact that, you make your representation of false pretences to suggest that you\u2019re someone for the person or someone to part with a property,\u201d he said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo once we go elsewhere like a village and you get someone to think you\u2019re Kuami Eugene or Mr Drew, and the person parts with a property or money then you could be held liable for defrauding by false pretence and that\u2019s a second-degree felony. And offences which include dishonesty can lead to about a sentence of 20 years, that is the criminal side,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chale, somebody should stop these look-alikes o, they sana want investors \ud83d\ude02<br \/>Dema joint song not bad mmom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zV3rcouCyP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zV3rcouCyP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sergio Manucho (@sergiomanucho1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sergiomanucho1\/status\/1646082801748389889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawyer also clarified that having a physical resemblance with someone is actually not criminal because individuals do not control their looks.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cit\u2019s the activities of these persons and the intention behind these things that could lead to criminal liability or civil liability,\u201d he said on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kuami Eugene look alike start dey play shows o. <br \/>That\u2019s it, it\u2019s over for the real Eugene \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zp08uC8K10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zp08uC8K10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WithAlvin (@withAlvin__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/withAlvin__\/status\/1646600775982804992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Owusu advised the management of these celebrities to take the necessary actions immediately before the situations worsen adding that \u201cyou can issue a stop and desist letter to actually ask them to stop because, at the end of the day, this is very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as an artiste or management of an artiste I think it\u2019s better you take a step, once they\u2019ve started doing things or having activities that may end up being of competition to your brand then you have to take a step, you don\u2019t wait till things get out of hand,\u201d the lawyer cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the same show, entertainment pundit, Kwame Dadzie encouraged these look-alikes to use this opportunity to distinctively build themselves and bring their unique talents rather than riding on other people\u2019s coattails.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal practitioner, Godwin Selasi Owusu says individuals impersonating celebrities could spend about 20 years in jail if they do not desist from the act. Speaking on Joy Prime\u2019s Prime Morning, he explained that impersonation of an individual is a criminal act, according to the law, and if the culprits are taken to court, they could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrity lookalikes could face about 20 year jail term if... \u2013 Lawyer - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/14\/celebrity-lookalikes-could-face-about-20-year-jail-term-if-lawyer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrity lookalikes could face about 20 year jail term if... \u2013 Lawyer - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legal practitioner, Godwin Selasi Owusu says individuals impersonating celebrities could spend about 20 years in jail if they do not desist from the act. 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