Marisol Simoes Jailed: Co-Owner Of Kinki and Mambo In Ottawa Gets 90 Days For Defamation

The Huffington Post Canada  |  Posted: 11/16/2012 2:57 pm EST Updated: 11/16/2012 3:14 pm EST


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A co-owner of two Ottawa restaurants was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Friday in a rare criminal defamation case.

Marisol Simoes, co-owner of Kinki and Mambo, was found guilty in September on two counts of defamatory libel after posting a racy, fake dating profile of Mambo customer Elayna Katz, as well as sending sexually inappropriate emails pretending to be from Katz to the customer's co-workers.

The judge granted the Crown's request for a jail term, the Ottawa Citizen and CTV News report, rejecting defence arguments that Simoes had been punished enough as a result of the public humiliation that came with widespread media attention to her case.