Rachel Wong

2022 - 6 - 29

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High Court orders influencer Rachel Wong to turn over ... (TODAY)

SINGAPORE — A High Court judge on Tuesday (June 28) upheld a lower court's decision permitting a woman who accused social media influencer Rachel Wong of ...

By a combination of Instagram-speak and the utter failure of counsel to translate that into English, (Ms Wong’s) statement of claim is filled with chaff.” In her statement of claim, Ms Wong said that if she had not truly intended to marry Mr Aplin, she would not have had a highly publicised pre-wedding photoshoot. She applied to annul the wedding upon returning to Singapore. Ms Wong in a statement released through her lawyer said that while she was "disappointed with the outcome", she planned to continue with the lawsuit as a way to "stand up for people who have been the subject of online abuse, harassment and defamation". A district court registrar and judge then allowed Ms Wu to obtain correspondence from 2016 to 2020 between Ms Wong and the two men, as well as her diary entries from 2018 to 2020 about Mr Wan. Ms Olivia Wu had branded Ms Wong the “Cheater of 2020” on Instagram, alleging that Ms Wong cheated on her ex-husband — national footballer Anders Aplin — with her gym trainer and their wedding emcee.

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Singapore High Court orders influencer Rachel Wong to turn over ... (Malay Mail)

SINGAPORE, June 29 — A High Court judge yesterday (June 28) upheld a lower court's decision permitting a woman, who has accused social media influencer ...

By a combination of Instagram-speak and the utter failure of counsel to translate that into English, (Wong’s) statement of claim is filled with chaff.” She applied to annul the wedding upon returning to Singapore. She also claimed that on the night of their wedding, she, Wan and another friend helped Aplin to their hotel room when he passed out from alcohol intoxication. In her statement of claim, Wong claimed that if she had not truly intended to marry Aplin, she would not have had a highly publicised pre-wedding photoshoot. She said that she had “fully intended” to marry him leading up to the wedding. Olivia Wu had branded Wong the “Cheater of 2020” on Instagram, alleging that Wong cheated on her ex-husband — national footballer Anders Aplin — with her gym trainer and their wedding emcee.

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7 savage quotes from the judge on S'pore influencer Rachel Wong's ... (Mothership.sg)

Plaintiff: Rachel Wong, the influencer suing for defamation. Defendant: Olivia Wu, the woman who had posted the allegedly defamatory Instagram Stories about ...

What we understood it to mean: Y'all need to come up with better reasons for an appeal. 2) "It is not for me to decide on the merits of the action since this is only an appeal against the order for specific discovery against the plaintiff, an order made by the court below, and is now the subject of the appeal before me. It is hard to tell whether the emphasis represented counsel’s excitement or outrage, but such emphasis is not necessary in pleadings. That paragraph was pleaded as follows:" That, I suppose, entitles her, in her estimation, to be a celebrity." That, is the first challenge — the narrative is not clear."

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