The widow of Muammar Gaddafi, Safia Farkash, has filed a defamation lawsuit in Paris against "France 5" after the channel aired a documentary that she claims distorts her family's image, according to a statement by her lawyer Antoine Sicaldi on Tuesday.
The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday with the Paris judicial court, targets the documentary that aired on December 1, 2024, alleging that it "masquerades as an exposé of the late leader’s personality and regime."
The complainants argue that the statements in the documentary represent "a perfect accumulation of defamatory remarks against a deceased man and his relatives." The lawsuit specifically cites statements made by individuals interviewed in the documentary, claiming that they repeated "disgusting claims without caution."
The complaint asserts that allegations about the Gaddafi's character were presented "without any detail, in a deliberately harmful manner," denouncing other terms used in the film as "excessive and distorted."
Lawyer Antoine Sicaldi told Agence France-Presse (AFP): "From now on, the Gaddafi family will respond to any false claims made against Muammar."
