Eurovision debacles have not ended as MaltaSong chairperson Robert Abela filed a libel suit against Grace Borg, who held that post until last year.
Prominent Eurovision website esctoday.com reported about the fiasco that occurred at the Malta International Airport when the Eurovision assembly arrived in Malta from Athens.
The suit came about after a loud and public spectacle that took place at the airport. Borg made defamatory comments in front of a crowd of people who were at the airport to greet the participants, and was filmed by PBS cameras.
She claimed that Keith Camilleri, whom she was representing, and who sang as part of Switzerland’s group Six4One, was unfairly treated by the Maltese delegation and by Tourism Minister, Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech.
Borg publicly alleged on camera that Abela was drunk in the green room during the festival, and that Keith Camilleri was ignored upon arrival.
Abela's suit addresses both Borg and TVM, and Borg is requested to pay libel damages by Abela's lawyers.
For more detailed information about Malta's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest see EurovisionMalta.com.
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