Book Of Lies Costs Man $52,000
A Maryland man was sued for defamation by his former girlfriend and the jury has awarded her $52,000 in damages.
Charles W. Azain says he supposes he was suffering from temporary insanity when he wrote a 54 page book of lies about his ex-girlfriend and distributed it to her friends, family and co-workers at a middle school. The book, titled “The Bonnie Chronicles”, falsely claimed that Bonnie Gifford has HIV and suffers from bi-polar disorder.
The jury took just 30 minutes to deliberate and decided that Azain was liable for defamation of character. His ex-girlfriend, Bonnie Gifford, was awarded $50,000 in punitive damages and $2,000 in compensatory damages.
