Joshua Francis Legal representative of Journalist Matt Peltier says his client did not defame Ms Baron

​Attorney Joshua Francis, who is representing Journalist Matt Peltier, in the matter of Foreign Minister Francine Baron claiming that Peltier had defamed her, stated that he sees no area where his client has defamed the minister.
 
Baron wrote to Peltier on Tuesday, claiming that her character was defamed by Peltier and two others, Angelo Alleyne and Opposition Leader Lennox Linton, with respect to a cheque of US $10,000 which she received in Malaysia, for the Dominica Disaster Development Fund, while she was Dominica’s High Commissioner in London.
 
In a letter to the three persons concerned, she demanded an apology and US$10,000 in the matter. But Francis said he has reviewed the letter sent to Peltier, and is ultimately “not satisfied” with the allegations that Baron has made.
 
He added, “There isn’t any quotation in the letter of Francine Baron which constitutes defamatory remarks against her by Matt Peltier”.
 
He stated that he will review the contents of the letter and will respond accordingly, and reiterated that he strongly believes Peltier did not defame the character of Ms Francine Baron.
 
He also says he has suspicions that Baron’s action is sourced from a “political issue” as opposed to a legal one.