British Court Allows Marinakis' Libel Case Against Greek Rival to Proceed

Evangelos Marinakis, the proprietor of Nottingham Forest, an English Premier League shot club, has been granted support to proceed his libel suit against his Greek rival, Irini Karipidis, arsenic ruled by London's High Court. Marinakis, who is besides a salient Greek shipping magnate, filed the suit past twelvemonth against Karipidis, the seat of the Greek Super League nine Aris Thessaloniki. He accuses her of orchestrating a smear run done a website that claims helium was progressive successful lucifer fixing, cause smuggling, and illegally shipping Russian oil. Marinakis has vehemently denied these allegations.

Karipidis attempted to person the tribunal halt the lawsuit, arguing that she has a "clear defence of truth" and requesting a reversal of the court's determination to let the suit to beryllium served connected her extracurricular of England. However, Judge Richard Spearman rejected her application, allowing Marinakis' lawsuit to proceed.