A man in Singapore sued for defamation a woman who refused to deepen a romantic relationship with him and treated him only as a friend. He is hoping for more than $3 million (about R$15 million) in compensation for what he called the “constant trauma” and “reductions in income” that the rejection would have caused him.
Identified as K. Kawshigan in the filings, the man filed suit against the woman, Nora Tan, and sued her in another court while the first claim was pending. In this second action, already dismissed, he asked for US$ 22 thousand (R$ 110 thousand) in reparation for the breach of an agreement that the woman would have made with him.
The agreement, from April last year, was a list of actions that the woman shared with the man as a last attempt to impose limits on the relationship, according to the text of the decision. Kawshigan continued to insist on more frequent dates even when she expressed discomfort with it.
After Tan cut off contact with the man completely in May, he threatened the woman, writing in a letter that if she didn’t do what he asked, she would suffer “irreparable damage to her personal and professional life”. Tan got a protective order against him.
The conclusion of the already judged process pointed out that the “court will not be an accessory to the calculated attempts [de Kawshigan] to compel the engagement of the defendant, who, after years of dealing with the misfortune of the accuser, finally decided to rise up against his threats rather than surrender to his demands”.
The two met at a social event in 2016 and developed a friendship, which began to unravel in September 2020, when they argued, and the woman, who claimed to see him only as a friend, asked that interactions between them decrease. From then on, the threats and insistent demands began.
In the lawsuit still in progress, the accuser claims that the expected US$ 3 million in compensation would serve to repair damage caused by “incalculable loss of investments, rehabilitation and therapy sessions”.
Tan even participated in the psychological follow-up of the man at the request of the therapist for about a year and a half, thinking that this would help Kawshigan to understand her decision not to develop a romantic relationship with him and put an end to the demands and threats, which Did not happen.
A new hearing of the process is scheduled for next Thursday (9).
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