A woman has been ordered to pay $500,000 within 10 days or serve a term of 21 days in prison after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Integrity Commission in an application for contempt of court order.
The court order was brought against an online user, Julie Malcolm, who the Commission says was in receipt of a previous legal warning but continued to publish defamatory statements on various social media platforms.
Following the Commission's application for contempt of a court order, brought against Ms. Malcolm on February 18, 2025, the Court determined that she had violated that order issued by Justice A. Lawrence-Grainger on August 16, 2023, and was therefore in contempt of court.
On July 21, 2023, the Commission filed a Claim Form against Ms. Malcolm seeking damages, aggravated and or exemplary damages, interest, cost and such further relief or other relief as the court deemed just.
On August 2, that same year, a notice of application for court orders, supported by an affidavit, was filed, seeking injunctions to require Ms. Malcom to remove all posts from Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and other social media platforms relating to the Commission and allegations of corruption.
The application also requested that Ms. Malcom be restrained from uploading, publishing, or otherwise communicating the posts, or any words of the same or similar content, on any other social media platform.
The Commission said the application sought several remedies, including a formal declaration of contempt, an acknowledgement of the breach, committal to prison, legal costs, and any further relief deemed appropriate by the Court.
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