On April 12, 2023, Wilfred Rattigan, a Jamaican national residing in Maryland and an attorney and retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent, brought a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica, seeking to compel Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to disclose a gift in the amount of US $99,000.[1]
[1] Wilfred Rattigan v. Senator The Honorable Kamina Johnson Smith et al, In the Matter of the Financial Administration and Audit Act, Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica, Civil Div., Claim No. SU 2023 CV 01256, Affidavit of Wilfred Rattigan in Support of Notice of Application for Court Orders, filed April 19, 2023.