Rodrigues Says He Will Not Pay the Mohameds’ 52 Million Lawsuit

2nd of April, 2025. Guyana, South America. GSA News. Guyana News.

Following a fallout and subsequent social media feud, Georgetown businessmen Azzrudin and Nazar Mohamed sued journalist and social media personality Mikhail Rodrigues, also known as the Guyanese Critic, for defamation in early 2024. They sought GY$52 million in damages and an injunction preventing him from mentioning them in his broadcasts. The Full Court ruled in their favor, ordering Rodrigues to pay and barring him from making further statements about the Mohameds. Rodrigues, through his lawyer Sanjeev Datadin, appealed the decision. On March 31, 2025, the Court of Appeal upheld the ruling. However, Rodrigues insists he still won’t pay the lawsuit, hinting instead that this case will go all the way up to Guyana’s final court: the Caribbean Court of Justice.

In a Facebook Live yesterday, 1st of April, 2025, Rodrigues said that the Mohameds were not present in court when the judgement was reinforced by the Court of Appeals because they were busy with other things. He also alleged that the Mohameds have no bank accounts, and questioned jokingly how he would issue a check to them even if he wanted to.

Rodrigues took the time to reference several court cases between the PPP/C and the APNU/AFC political groups during the 2020 elections showdown, reminding his audience that many Court of Appeal rulings were overturned by the CCJ, casting a hue of incompetence and inadequacy on Guyana’s Appeals Court.

Rodrigues said that, despite the ruling of the Appeals Court, the Mohameds are no closer to receiving 52 million dollars from him than they were two years ago.

Rodrigues and the Mohameds were once close allies and business partners. However, sometime in late 2023, a fallout ensued, leading the two entities to attack each other on social and other media platforms, and resulting in the lawsuit filed by the Mohameds.