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Defamation case | Boss forced to pay former employee-turned-competitor over Facebook post

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Boss forced to pay former employee-turned-competitor over Facebook post

The owner of a luxury car upholstery business has been ordered to pay over £47,000 after a former employee sued him for defamation over a scathing Facebook post.

David Barcos, the owner of Melbourne-based car upholstery business BNB Products, has been told to pay a former employee, Michael Iskander, over £47,000 in damages for defaming him on Facebook to his company’s 20,000 followers.

Iskander had worked for BNB Products before starting his own competitor company Luxe Automotive Interiors.

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The defamation post, which was titled 'This is an official Scam Alert From BNB Products PTY LTD', falsely accused Iskander of scamming a customer out of their deposit and claimed he was lying about having worked full-time at BNB Products.

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