Lendl Simmons to face court over intimate affair

West Indies opening batsman Lendl Simmons is scheduled to appear in court on March 23 in a lawsuit on the dissemination of intimate photographs of a woman with whom, he had a one-time affair. The woman, Therese Ho, an account executive, has filed a breach of confidence lawsuit against Simmons alleging that he had disseminated the photos electronically to several of his colleagues, reports Mid-Day.

The  trial will begin on March 23 after the matter came up for case management Tuesday. Last year June 5, Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh granted Ho an injunction preventing the West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer from disseminating any further photographs or information about her.

Ho is contending that by disseminating the photographs, Simmons has contravened the tort of breach of confidence which is a common law tort that protects confidential information that is conveyed to another in confidence. On the other hand, Simmons is arguing that he never shared a relationship with Ho and that his encounter with her was only a one-time affair, meaning he was not under a duty to owe her any confidentiality.

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The 30-year-old Trinidadian is currently a member of the West Indies squad for the ICC World Cup 2015.