Kesson threatens to sue De Lille over defamatory comments
Craig Kesson’s lawyers have sent a letter to the embattled Cape Town mayor, who has accused Kesson of lying on numerous occasions
Craig Kesson, the executive director in Patricia De Lille’s office, who has made allegations of wrongdoing by the Cape Town mayor, is threatening to sue her if she does not stop making defamatory comments and allegations against him. The threat is contained in a letter from Kesson’s lawyer John MacRobert sent to De Lille on Friday. This is after De Lille, on numerous occasions, on different media platforms, accused Kesson of lying. In a sworn affidavit, Kesson accused De Lille of covering up corruption. This followed the Sunday Times revelations last year about alleged wrongdoing in the Foreshore Freeway Project. TimesLive reported that in one of his allegations‚ Kesson said De Lille had asked him to bury a report with damning allegations of corruption involving more than R43m in a MyCiTi bus tender. Law firm Bowman Gilfillan has been investigating the matter. De Lille’s job as Cape Town mayor is on the line as the DA’s federal executive is expected to meet on Sunday to discuss repo...
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