Queen Ifrica Served In Defamation Lawsuit Filed By Her Father Derrick Morgan
Reggae star Ventrice ‘Queen Ifrica’ Morgan has been served in a defamation lawsuit initiated by her father, ska great Derrick Morgan, regarding defamatory statements she made regarding the nature of their father-daughter relationship over a year ago.
The Lioness on the Rise singer now has 14 days to respond.
“Derrick Morgan’s daughter, Ventrice Morgan, has been properly served with the relevant documents and we will be pursuing this matter in court with the utmost rigour,” attorney-at-law Charles ‘Advoket’ Ganga-Singh, who is representing ska great Derrick Morgan in a defamation lawsuit, told DancehallMag.
An affidavit of service obtained by DancehallMag details that Ventrice Morgan was served with legal documents at a gym on Kings House Road in Kingston on Monday, October 14. Though she responded with expletives, she accepted the documents from a process server without further engagement.
In June this year, the family of Jamaican ska singer Derrick Morgan filed a defamation lawsuit against Ifrica, alleging reputational damage for allegations she made against him in 2023.
Merrick Morgan, the son of the 83-year-old ska singer, confirmed that Queen Ifrica had been served and that he has instructed attorney-at-law Ganga-Singh to ‘pursue the matter vigorously.’
“Now that she has finally been located after weeks of searching, we will be vigorously pursuing this case to clear my father’s reputation of these terrible and malicious allegations,” Merrick Morgan confirmed.
Morgan is suing his daughter for several allegedly defamatory statements, videos, and interviews made on August 1, 2023.
“The defendant made several defamatory statements, videos and participated in several interviews hurling defamatory comments about the claimant, published such defamatory statements, videos and interviews and made said defamatory statements available to the public for posting, reposting, republication,” the document said.
“Consequently, the claimant has suffered serious injury to his character and reputation, incurred financial loss and damages.”
In August 2023, via social media, Queen Ifrica revealed that as a child, she had an estranged relationship with Morgan due to issues surrounding her mother. However, as an adult, she attempted to reconnect with him.
Queen Ifrica described a specific incident with lurid details which allegedly occurred at Derrick Morgan’s Kingston residence decades ago.
Shortly after the video was published on social media, Morgan’s lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to Queen Ifrica demanding its immediate removal. Instead, Ifrica published another video, attacked Derrick Morgan, and made false statements about him on social media months later, the lawsuit says.