The highly acclaimed Dancehall artist, Shatta Wale, and his former manager, Bulldog (now Bullgod), have come to an agreement to settle their legal dispute outside of court.
The conflict between the two began in November when Lawrence Asiamah Hanson, the artist manager, filed a defamation lawsuit against Shatta Wale at the Accra High Court.
Hanson sought various remedies, including a court order directing Shatta Wale, whose real name is Charles Nii Armah Mensah, to publish an unqualified retraction and an unreserved apology for the defamatory statements he made on all his social media platforms about the plaintiff. The retraction and apology would have been reviewed and approved by Hanson’s legal team.
But lawyers of the complainant summoned an out-of-court settlement, which was granted by Justice Joseph Adu Agyemang Owusu in March.
On Tuesday, June 27, the case was discontinued for the two to settle the matter amicably out of court.
“We didn’t come for anything but apology and retraction. This is a reputation matter and once the reputation is repaired, we should be fine,” Bullgod told journalists.
He also advised all persons, especially those in the entertainment industry, to be wary of the statements they make in public.
“We go off tangent sometimes and we say things that may be for clickbait or say things for saying sake. This can leave you in situations like here. So we should be moderate in our assessments and be truthful.”
Before the court’s decision, the two have been perceived to have come back together given public commentaries citing each other’s previous contributions to their respective careers.
In an interview with Connect FM earlier this month, Bulldog confessed enjoying his work with Shatt Wale though he wanted to quit in the first six months.
