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Former first lady Grace Mugabe has filed notice that she will fight a US$3.9m lawsuit in which she is being sued along with her son Russell Goreraza and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
Diamond dealer Jamal Hamed and six of his companies filed summons against Mugabe, Goreraza, ZRP com
The lawsuit comes after Mugabe forcibly took Hamed’s properties in Harare when he reportedly failed to refund $1.4m advanced to him for a diamond ring.
In 2016 justice Clement Phiri of the high court in Harare ordered Mugabe, Goreraza and Fero to hand back the properties.
According to the court summons, Hamed wants Mugabe, Goreraza, Matanga, Fero and Viera to pay him $2m for defamation arising from wrongful and defamatory statements filed in the high court between October 2016 and December 2017.
They stated in some affidavits that Hamed was a dangerous international criminal with wide-ranging criminal activities in Zimbabwe and was sought by Interpol in terms of a warrant of arrest. He said these statements were widely published in print and online media in Zimbabwe and internationally.
missioner-general Godwin Matanga and two police officers, Kennedy Fero and Nyambo Viera, in June. The total claim is $3.9m.