Former pilot Ashraf Aboul-Yousr who had been embroiled in a publicized lawsuit against artist and singer Mohamed Ramadan has died on Saturday, according to local media reports. The private-owned al-Watan newspaper reported that his attorney Magdy Helmy had announced his client had passed away in a private hospital after suffering from health issues. Aboul-Yousr’s death comes only 20 days after he won a legal battle against Ramadan for causing him to lose his job as a pilot. On April 7 the Cairo Economic Court awarded Aboul-Yousr with LE six million in his lawsuit against Ramadan, wherein Aboul Yousr demand LE25 million in damages. The lawyer representing Aboul-Yousr, Magdy Helmy, stated that his client suffered material and moral damage after Ramadan published a picture on social media in a plane’s cockpit in October 2019.

Source: Egypt Independent April 24, 2021 11:03 UTC