The fallout over the alleged existence of a video showing celebrities taking drugs at a restaurant has just escalated - with the boss of the restaurant Kenny Wee Ho suing TV actor Oscar Leung Lit-wai for making defamatory statements.
It follows earlier demands from celebrities said to be present at the scandal-hit dinner for Wee to stop making defamatory statements.
Now, Wee, the husband of 2006 Miss Hong Kong contestant Suki Chui Suk-man, is accusing Leung of making offending statements some time around December 6.
The statements that Wee alleges are defamatory cannot be published for legal reasons.
They were made after allegations that comedian Eric Tsang Chi-wai had slapped Wee in a row at a wedding reception at the Marriott Hotel on December 5.
Tsang was arrested last week for common assault and criminal intimidation. He was released on bail and ordered to report back to police in mid-January.
Wee had demanded an apology from Leung regarding his comments by noon on Monday. This apparently failed to materialise, and Wee then filed his claim for unspecified damages at the High Court on Thursday.