John Ibrahim to pay $100K in Tom Domican defamation case
Kings Cross nightclub boss John Ibrahim and his publisher will have to cough up more than $100,000 after settling a defamation case with Sydney identity Tom Domican.
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Sydney identity Tom Domican will receive a $100,000 payout after settling his defamation case against former nightclub boss John Ibrahim.
Mr Domican had sued Mr Ibrahim and publisher Pan Macmillan Australia over his book Last King of the Cross.
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He said the memoir carried defamatory meanings including portraying him as a violent criminal who took part in gang wars, as being willing to kill people other than the Ibrahims, and as a criminal who engaged in supplying heroin.
The case was listed for a case management hearing in the Federal Court on Friday, when Justice John Griffiths was told the lawsuit was settled.
By consent, judgment was entered for Mr Domican against both respondents in the sum of $100,000.
Any future printings of the book will exclude any references to Mr Domican and the respondents are permanently restrained from repeating the claims in any other publication.
They also have agreed to pay Mr Domican’s legal costs.
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