PANAJI
Glenn Perry, the son of Goa's music legend, the late Chris Perry, has filed a civil suit against famed Goan singer Lorna Cordeiro and musician Ronnie Monserrate seeking damages to the tune of Rs 100 crores for defamation of his late father.
The civil suit has been filed by Glenn Perry before the court of the Civil Judge Senior Division at Panaji.
In the suit, Perry alleges that Lorna and Monserrate partnered and collaborated to make a series of allegations against his late father including that he (Chris Perry) made a 20-year contract prohibiting Lorna from singing.
Perry claims in the suit that none of it is true.
In a statement issued, Perry questioned the bonafides of the alleged contract, whether it is a valid legal document, or whether it was made by his father who was the band leader or the hotel, nightclub, event contractors or the record company.
Perry also alleged that since 1995, Lorna and Monserrate disseminated false and vicious rumours that my father forbade Lorna from singing for 20 years.
“Did my father stand outside her building for 20 years not allowing her to sing?” "Did my father erect a chain around her door”? Perry questioned, adding that were it true, she could have taken recourse to the police or the court of law by filing a case against his father.
He also quoted a 2004 interview of Lorna with news website Daijiworld.com in which she reportedly said that her long absence from singing was "a self-imposed silence."
On the question of his father and Lorna being a duo, Glenn said: “I can most confidently ascertain that they were never a duo in the way that they are depicted”.
“Lorna was just a singer who sang Chris Perry's songs. She was a complete novice when it came to music. Chris Perry shaped her into a good vocalist by training and mentoring her, much like a bud blossoming into a flower. She did not compose, write the lyrics, or perform the music. The entire song and music production was created, composed, conceptualized and directed by Chris Perry,” he said.
Glenn claimed that his father suffered chronic Parkinson's disease and was unable to defend himself in the years leading to his death in 2002.
"I am 100 percent committed to the truth. To combat this stigma, I will do whatever it takes to restore my father’s good reputation”, Glenn Perry said, adding he has faith in the legal system and truth will prevail in the end.
