“Our client will not issue any retraction and apology” – Lawyers for Angel Maxine tell Ntim Fordjour

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Ntim Fordjour and Angel Maxine

Lawyers for transgender musician Angel Maxine have told the Assin South MP John Ntim Fordjour their client will not be issuing any retraction and apology over alleged defamatory statements.

Rev John Ntim Fordjour, Legal counsel, had earlier given Angel Maxine a seven-day ultimatum to retract and apologise for alleged defamatory claims.

According to Kwesi Botchway Jnr, a lawyer for Assin South MP,  the allegations circulated on TikTok, Instagram, and X by Angel Maxine, which suggested that the MP is gay and had sexual relations with the trangender, are completely false.

In letter dated Monday, April 27, 2026, and signed by Botchway read, “We make reference to your vile and defamatory material of and concerning our client which you published, and/or caused to be disseminated multiple times worldwide through the deliberate use of widely accessible digital platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Twitter (X), falsely asserting as fact that our client is gay and has had sexual intercourse with you.”

“These statements are categorically denied, are entirely without factual foundation and were made recklessly, maliciously, and with a complete disregard for the truth,” it added.

“Our Client has boldly stated that you are a complete stranger to him. He has at no material time met, seen, communicated with, associated with or engaged in sexual intercourse or any form of sexual contact with you. Your assertion is an improvisation of your wild imagination, and that he has never been involved in the dirty act of intimacy with a fellow man or any indecent sexual activity,” the letter stated.

The statement further added, “Your vile and unguided statements culminated with the flagrant abuse of digital publishing platforms have exposed our client to public ridicule, contempt, and opprobrium, and have caused substantial and ongoing damage to our client’s personal and professional standing”.

“We have the full instructions of our Client to demand you immediately and permanently cease and desist from making any further defamatory statements about our Client,” it demanded.

“Take notice and notice is hereby given that if you fail, refuse and/or neglect to comply with the terms of this letter, seven (7) clear days from 27th April, 2026, our Client shall seek legal redress without further recourse to you,” it stated.

However, in a response issued by Merton & Everett LLP and signed by senior partner Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the legal team boldly stated that their client would not comply with the demands to retract and apologise.

According to them, their client has already explained the context and purpose of the videos in question.

Parts of the statement issued read, “We are instructed that the comments were made as satire and political commentary in the course of her advocacy against the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.

“The reference to your client was not intended as a factual assertion concerning his private life, but as an illustrative device to demonstrate the danger of a proposed legal regime that encourages suspicion, reporting, and public allegation,” the statement explained.

“Our client’s position is that the statements, viewed in their proper context, constitute fair comment on a matter of public interest, namely the implications of legislation sponsored and publicly supported by your client,” the statement added.

“Your client is a public officer and a sponsor of the Bill, and must expect robust scrutiny and criticism in relation to the public consequences of legislation he champions,” the lawyers noted.

“Our client therefore denies that the videos were defamatory in the manner alleged. She further denies malice or any intention to cause unlawful injury to your client’s reputation.

“For the avoidance of doubt, our client will not be issuing the retraction and apology demanded. She reserves all her rights in this matter,” the statement concluded.

Meanwhile, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the New Patriotic Party MP for Assin South, has boldly rejected the allegation of an alleged relationship with transgender musician Angel Maxine.

According to Ntim Fordjour, he has never engaged in any such act, as his beliefs aligned with relations ordained between Adam and Eve.

Speaking during deliberations on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, on Thursday, April 23, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour stated, “Maxine, in her old or present life, contrary to her claim that she has had intercourse with me, I have never engaged in any such act.”

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