The former Minister of Defense filed a lawsuit against the BBC. According to David Kezerashvili, the allegations made in the BBC story are “grossly false” and that it was very irresponsible for them to air the story, as they had no proper basis to make such serious allegations.

“I have nothing to do with the Milton Group or any of the call center scams. I have been and continue to be a victim of a campaign of harassment, threats and persecution by the current government, it was very irresponsible of the BBC to air this story, which had no proper basis to make such serious allegations against me.

Since the BBC published these lies, the Georgian regime continues to use it as a propaganda tool as part of its long smear campaign to tarnish my reputation as a founder of the critical TV channel Formula and defender of liberal values in Georgia”, - said David Kezerashvili.