In his apology, titled “Apology and Promise,” Thaddeus Thomas “acknowledges that he intended to post these falsehoods, and acknowledges that the statements were false and completely baseless.” said.
Thomas continued in his note: “I regret my actions and unreservedly apologize to Mr. K. Shanmugam for the false and defamatory statements I made in my TikTok posts. I regret taking this advice.”
Thomas also said that a letter sent by Shanmugam’s lawyer to his Facebook account via Facebook Messenger on August 25 was “deliberately ignored” because he thought Shanmugam’s team would not be able to identify him. “I did,” he said.
He said he only responded to Shanmugam on November 30 after reading in a news article that the minister had applied for a court order forcing TikTok to disclose user information about him.
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TikTok faces civil lawsuit from Singapore minister over ‘baseless’ extramarital affair allegations
In his memo, Thomas also said he “kindly agreed” to Shanmugam’s request not to seek damages despite his “unwarranted allegations.”
Thomas said he would also cover the legal costs incurred by Shanmugam.
On August 13, a TikTok user with the username “@trusted.seller” uploaded a video containing two images with the caption, “Sue me for defamation, sister #minister #SG #VIRAL #EXWIFE.” It is said that
I undertake not to make any further statements or claim to the same or similar effect on this matter in any way.
Two screenshot images, one of which appeared to be a Facebook page that responded to the search term “k shanmugam ex wife” and displayed images of Shanmugam and his ex-wife.
The other was a screenshot of a forum post containing allegations against Mr. Shanmugam, attributed to the “former Mrs. K. Shanmugam.”
Two days later, another TikTok user “@tharakhussin” allegedly uploaded a video containing an image of a Facebook post featuring an article published by celebscritic.com that contained false and defamatory statements about Shanmugam. It contained a statement.
The video did not link directly to the article, but it did display a full headline highlighting the alleged affair between Mr Shanmugam and MP Phu My Har.
A third TikTok user, @thaddeusthomas81, allegedly posted a video purportedly about the minister on August 17th. It had a caption that read, “Revealing and examining the identity of the alleged wife and mistress.”
The video also included an image of Fu with the words, “Alleged affair with Parliament member Fu My Ha.”
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K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan accuse Lee Hsien Yang of redoubting
To clarify the false claims, Mr. Shanmugam said on his Facebook account on August 15 that the fraudster had written a claim purporting to belong to his ex-wife, and that his ex-wife had told him that he had not written it. Ta.
At the time, the minister also said that allegations of an affair with a member of parliament were “false and baseless.”
In his apology, Thomas said all TikTok posts and copies have been deleted.
“I undertake not to make any further statements in any manner whatsoever regarding this matter or to make any claims to the same or similar effect,” he said.