Article content Ezra Levant sparred with a lawyer cross-examining him Tuesday as he took the stand to defend himself against defamation allegations. Levant, head of Rebel Media, is facing a $200,000 lawsuit from his days with the now-defunct Sun News Network. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ezra Levant takes stand on second day of defamation trial Back to video The plaintiff in the case is Farhan Chak, a professor of political science at Qatar University who hails from Edmonton and was briefly a federal Liberal candidate in Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont. A trial on the allegations began before Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard Monday.