LIBEL ALLEGED
WRESTLER CLAIMS £75
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day
A libel action by Peter Limutkin, the wrestler, claiming £75 damages from Warnes and Stephenson, proprietors ol the: New Zealand Sportsman, in connection with a statement by Karasick in commenting on a challenge by Limutkin offering to wrestle, inter alia, for charity, is proceeding in the Magistrate’s Court to-day.
The statement referred to the match with Limutkin as “a pipe-opener,” and “this charity business is all bunk; all he is looking for is a good house.” The plaintiff’s counsel alleged that the statement was never made by Karasick, and was written by a publicity agentThe Sportsman published a correction in which Karasick denied having made or authorised such a statement, but Limutkin did not consider it sufficient. (Proceeding.)
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 9
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129LIBEL ALLEGED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 9
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