Energy and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi, his wife and his communications coordinator yesterday instituted libel proceedings against blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia over a story claiming an extra-marital affair.
Ms Caruana Galizia alleged in a post that Dr Mizzi was seeing his PR officer, former Super One journalist Lindsey Gambin.
The post, uploaded yesterday morning, was titled: “This is the Super One journalist Konrad Mizzi has been seeing and the reason his wife left for China.”
Dr Mizzi and his wife, Sai Mizzi Liang, as well as Ms Gambin claimed the article was libellous and aimed to tarnish their reputations, apart from being unfounded and untrue.
Lawyers Aaron Mifsud Bonnici and Abigail Critien signed the libel application for the minister and his wife, while lawyer Alex Sciberras signed for Ms Gambin.