Wednesday 10/11/99
COURT SUMMONS JEGGAN GREY-JOHNSON OVER JUDGEMENT DEBT

The protracted legal battle between music producer Elie Nachif and artiste
Jeggan Grey-Johnson aka JGJ, over a D93,000 judgement debt took a new
dimension at the high court Monday as the case was heard in camera.

According to the Daily Observer newspaper report, the defence counsel, Bola
Carrol, asked presiding judge, Justice Mam Yassin Sey, to stand down the
case for hearing in chambers, stating that the matter was confidential.

The prosecution counsel, Emmanuel Chime, is claiming that in spite of the
july 13 judgement order, Mr Grey-Johnson did not make any attempt to settle
the D80,000 debt and the 12 percent interest on the original sum, even
though, he has the means of liquidating the debt. Mr Nachif, in his proof of
Jeggan’s reluctance to pay him, told the court that he received a telephone
call from Mr Johnson in which he told him, "Elie, you have received an empty
judgement, I will never pay you this money," and allegedly banged the
telephone. Mr Nachif said he was aware that Mr Grey-Johnson was gainfully
employed as editor-in-chief of Spectator magazine and that he was about to
travel to the United States to promote his new album.

Judgement debtor, Mr Grey-Johnson, who was seen in chambers at the start of
the hearing, was missing but reappeared at the end of the hearing. The case
was adjourned to November 15.



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