What it may cost you to spurn a predatory faggot's sexual advances.
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MANHUNT ORGANISER FAILS TO WIN SUIT
147th Prostitute Press
16 May 1997
MR ANDREW POH did live up to the requirements of a Manhunt winner.
The High Court dismissed with costs yesterday the case brought against him by the organiser of the Manhunt contest for not taking his 1995 title seriously.
Metromedia Marketing, founded by its chairman, Mr Alex Liu, had sued Mr Poh for S$90,000 in damages.
The company, which started the Manhunt contest, claimed that Mr Poh, a former winner, did not take his title seriously and had refused to pose bare-bodied for a photo shoot.
But Justice Kan Ting Chiu, who gave his judgment in chambers, believed Mr Poh. He had said that Mr Poh had turned up for assignments, and had remained contactable even though he had lost his pager.
Through his lawyer, Mr Edmund Nathan, he had said that he would have agreed to pose, if he had been given a written memo.
He wanted one because he had accused Mr Liu of sexual harassment, and did not want to jeopardise police investigations.
In his police report, he had said he was made to parade naked in Mr Liu's Toa Payoh bedroom as part of his "personal grooming" for the contest.
He said the Metromedia boss wanted him to become his boyfriend and lover, threatening to sue him for S$80,000 if he did not comply.
Metromedia's case was that Mr Poh was being unreasonable by insisting on a memo from Mr Liu. Mr Poh said that he would have accepted a memo from anyone.
Justice Kan did not comment on the allegations of sexual harassment, but he accepted Mr Poh's testimony as his letters to Metromedia made it clear he did not want to deal with Mr Liu.
Mr Poh walked out of court yesterday beaming. He said he was relieved, as the damages and legal costs would have been beyond him if he had lost.
It is estimated that for a three-day hearing, the court costs alone could amount to S$80,000 for both parties.
He wanted to call his mother and his school teacher girlfriend to tell them the good news.
Modelling was out for him, he said. He just wanted to get back to his drafting job in an interior design firm.
He added that having to reveal the details of his harassment humiliated him. But if he had a son with modelling aspirations, he would not stop him from joining the contest.
"But I will advise him of the consequences," he said.
Mr Liu, who was not in court, said after the hearing that although the allegations of sexual harassment had affected some of the sponsorships for Manhunt, the contest was still going ahead.
He said of his suit: "We just didn't want people to think things were going on behind the scenes. But I don't regret taking him to court. I have to fight for things that are right."
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MANHUNT ORGANISER FAILS TO WIN SUIT
147th Prostitute Press
16 May 1997
MR ANDREW POH did live up to the requirements of a Manhunt winner.
The High Court dismissed with costs yesterday the case brought against him by the organiser of the Manhunt contest for not taking his 1995 title seriously.
Metromedia Marketing, founded by its chairman, Mr Alex Liu, had sued Mr Poh for S$90,000 in damages.
The company, which started the Manhunt contest, claimed that Mr Poh, a former winner, did not take his title seriously and had refused to pose bare-bodied for a photo shoot.
But Justice Kan Ting Chiu, who gave his judgment in chambers, believed Mr Poh. He had said that Mr Poh had turned up for assignments, and had remained contactable even though he had lost his pager.
Through his lawyer, Mr Edmund Nathan, he had said that he would have agreed to pose, if he had been given a written memo.
He wanted one because he had accused Mr Liu of sexual harassment, and did not want to jeopardise police investigations.
In his police report, he had said he was made to parade naked in Mr Liu's Toa Payoh bedroom as part of his "personal grooming" for the contest.
He said the Metromedia boss wanted him to become his boyfriend and lover, threatening to sue him for S$80,000 if he did not comply.
Metromedia's case was that Mr Poh was being unreasonable by insisting on a memo from Mr Liu. Mr Poh said that he would have accepted a memo from anyone.
Justice Kan did not comment on the allegations of sexual harassment, but he accepted Mr Poh's testimony as his letters to Metromedia made it clear he did not want to deal with Mr Liu.
Mr Poh walked out of court yesterday beaming. He said he was relieved, as the damages and legal costs would have been beyond him if he had lost.
It is estimated that for a three-day hearing, the court costs alone could amount to S$80,000 for both parties.
He wanted to call his mother and his school teacher girlfriend to tell them the good news.
Modelling was out for him, he said. He just wanted to get back to his drafting job in an interior design firm.
He added that having to reveal the details of his harassment humiliated him. But if he had a son with modelling aspirations, he would not stop him from joining the contest.
"But I will advise him of the consequences," he said.
Mr Liu, who was not in court, said after the hearing that although the allegations of sexual harassment had affected some of the sponsorships for Manhunt, the contest was still going ahead.
He said of his suit: "We just didn't want people to think things were going on behind the scenes. But I don't regret taking him to court. I have to fight for things that are right."
