{"id":79479,"date":"2023-06-28T01:08:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/28\/shatta-wale-and-bulldog-reach-out-of-court-settlement-in-defamation-case\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T01:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:08:49","slug":"shatta-wale-and-bulldog-reach-out-of-court-settlement-in-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/28\/shatta-wale-and-bulldog-reach-out-of-court-settlement-in-defamation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale and Bulldog Reach Out-of-Court Settlement in Defamation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0992.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0992\"\/><\/div>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancehall artist Shatta Wale and his former manager, Bulldog, have resolved their defamation case through an out-of-court settlement. The legal dispute, which arose in November, saw Bulldog suing Shatta Wale for defamation at the Accra High Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bulldog, whose real name is Lawrence Asiamah Hanson, sought various remedies, including a retraction and apology from Shatta Wale for defamatory statements made on social media. However, the plaintiff\u2019s legal team later requested an out-of-court settlement, which was granted in March. On June 27, the case was officially discontinued, allowing the parties to amicably resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the press, Bulldog emphasized that their main objective was to obtain an apology and retraction. He stressed the importance of reputation and expressed that once the damage was repaired, they would consider the matter resolved. Bulldog also advised individuals, particularly those in the entertainment industry, to exercise caution in their public statements, urging moderation and truthfulness.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the court\u2019s decision, there were indications of reconciliation between Shatta Wale and Bulldog, as public comments highlighted their past contributions to each other\u2019s careers. Bulldog recently admitted in an interview that despite considering quitting within the first six months, he enjoyed working with Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n<p>With the settlement, both Shatta Wale and Bulldog can now put the legal dispute behind them and focus on their respective endeavors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-186753398-8596-649b597ebb5e1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=186753398&amp;post_id=8596&amp;origin=www.onemuzikgh.com&amp;obj_id=186753398-8596-649b597ebb5e1\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-186753398-8596-649b597ebb5e1\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1687914529_9_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1687914529_928_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\"  class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1687914529_9_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancehall artist Shatta Wale and his former manager, Bulldog, have resolved their defamation case through an out-of-court settlement. The legal dispute, which arose in November, saw Bulldog suing Shatta Wale for defamation at the Accra High Court. Bulldog, whose real name is Lawrence Asiamah Hanson, sought various remedies, including a retraction and apology from Shatta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79479","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>Shatta Wale and Bulldog Reach Out-of-Court Settlement in Defamation Case - 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\/06\/28\/shatta-wale-and-bulldog-reach-out-of-court-settlement-in-defamation-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shatta Wale and Bulldog Reach Out-of-Court Settlement in Defamation Case - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dancehall artist Shatta Wale and his former manager, Bulldog, have resolved their defamation case through an out-of-court settlement. 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