Lequay demands apology from Guardian

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), Alloy Lequay is considering suing the Trinidad Guardian newspaper for defamation of character.

Lequay made the revelation on Saturday at the conclusion of the TTCB’s 47th annual prize giving ceremony at Macoya. “I had instructed my attorney Dr Claude Denbow to review articles printed in the Guardian by Sports Editor Valentino Singh and he returned the verdict that there are lies and defamatory remarks about me,” said Lequay. “He has since informed me that there is enough written in the article to defame me and as such I should proceed with the lawsuit. In Mr Singh’s article he mentioned that I was getting a ‘big fat salary’ from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and that I wished to stay on as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after my resignation as president, so that I would continue to receive the salary,” said Lequay. “I consider all this to be defaming of my character and hence I will be suing the Guardian and Sports Editor Valentino Singh, he said “I would probably get one million dollars for all the foolishness they have written and this could well be used for the completion of the National Cricket Centre (NCC),” Lequay said. “Mr Singh of the Guardian has received a letter as well as the managing director of Trinidad Publishing Company Limited, parent company of the Guardian, Mr Grenfell Kissoon. “I have given them four days to retract the story and make a public apology otherwise I am going to go ahead with legal action,” the evergreen cricket administrator said.