Woman sues resident over Snapchat insult

abu dhabi — A former FNC candidate has filed a lawsuit against a man for defaming and insulting her by posting audio and video recordings on a social media platform which allegedly undermined her reputation.

The lawyers of the Emirati woman, Abeer Dahmani and Abdullah Al Shehhi, handed a list of civil rights to the Abu Dhabi Misdemeanour Court, requesting for the maximum sentence to be imposed on the accused. The lawyers also demanded a temporary compensation of Dh21,000 from the Arab defendant.

The lawyers explained in the lawsuit that the defendant insulted and publicly challenged their client by posting 20 audio and video recordings using Snapchat. The advocates said the words and phrases used in the audio messages undermined the Emirati’s reputation and also embarrassed her in society.

The words used in the audio recordings were, however, not revealed during the recent court hearing.

According to the lawyers, the accused intentionally misused Snapchat to publish the insulting and defamatory messages.

The messages included words and expressions that undermined the reputation of their client “who is a respected person in society”. She is also active on social media, with one of her accounts having over 500,000 followers.

The court will hear the man’s defence in the next hearing.

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