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Louw Breytenbach was crowned Mr Gay World in October 2021
Former Mr Gay World, Louw Breytenbach has mounted a media campaign amid the defamation case brought against him by the organisers of Mr Gay World.
In a joint statement sent to MambaOnline on Monday, Breytenbach, his publicist, Gavin Prins, and his pro bono legal representatives, addressed the pending legal dispute.
The Gay World Foundation, the organisers of Mr Gay World, is asking the courts to order Breytenbach and Prins to publicly retract and apologise for several allegedly defamatory statements made by them when Breytenbach resigned as Mr Gay World last year.
Warren-Tangney Attorneys Incorporated and Advocate Quintin Steyn said they’d decided to represent Breytenbach on a pro bono basis because “we believe in the promotion of the LGBTQIA+ community and its growth”.
Breytenbach himself insisted that his reason for resigning was “never to tarnish the reputation of the organisation, but rather because of value differences”.
He continued: “Our gay community is already broken, and it has always been my intention to build towards the LGBTQIA+ community. I was excited when I was crowned with lots of plans to build the gay community. But unfortunately, I could not achieve this dream.”
Prins said in the statement that he would “continue to fight for the freedom of the press in our democratic society”.
The latest developments have once again been widely reported by the mainstream press in South Africa, including in the Sunday Times, and in the international LGBTQ media.
The dispute has its roots in December 2021. Less than two months after he was crowned Mr Gay World, Breytenbach issued a sensational media statement, through Prins, announcing his resignation from the
15-year-old gay Soweto teen Tiro Moalusi took his own life allegedly after being humiliated in class
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The former Mr. Gay World has been served with a gag order over statements he’s made about the competition.Pageant organizers have slapped former Mr. Gay World winner Louw Breytenbach with a public gag order after he made statements regarding his short tenure as titleholder.The situation began in 2021 when Breytenbach, a former Mr.
Mr Gay World Foundation has sued former winner Louw Breytenbach, asking him and his publicist to “retract and apologise” for allegedly defamatory comments they made last year. South African human rights activist and TV presenter Breytenbach, was the winner of the Mr Gay World 2021 title, but resigned two months into his reign citing “value differences”. In a statement released to local media Breytenbach’s lawyer Quintin Steyn confirmed the legal action launched by the organisation. A post shared by Louw Breytenbach (@louwbreytenbach02)Breytenbach told The Citizen that he had participated in the competition not for the title, but to use the platform to be a voice for the LGBTQI community. “There are real problems out there and we, as winners, need to get our hands dirty and work. My reason for resigning was never to tarnish the reputation of the organisation, but rather because of value differences,” Breytenbach said. Steyn revealed that he had submitted a supplementary affidavit on behalf of both Breytenbach and Prins. A post shared by Louw Breytenbach (@louwbreytenbach02)Breytenbach had detailed his disagreements with the Foundation when he resigned as Mr Gay World in 2021, after refusing to sign a contract which said that the organisation would be his exclusive agent. Breytenbach at the time said that he already had an agent to manage his TV and acting gigs.
2 min read Mr Gay World 2022 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 16 October 2022. In the wake of the lifting of international Covid-19 restrictions, this will be the first time in three years that Mr Gay World will be presented as an in-person event.
The Mr Gay World 2022 logo features the Blue Crane, South Africa’s national bird