Robert Lewandowski He has been the focus of media attention for days due to the announcement, last Saturday, of his departure from the Barcelona. But this Tuesday he made the news for an important litigation that he is carrying out in the courts: he had been accused of having links to organized crime. He won the lawsuit.
He Warsaw District Court declared guilty Cezary Kucharski, former agent and former partner of Robert Lewandowskifor defaming and slandering the veteran striker and his lawyer, Tomasz Siemiątkowski, according to several Polish media. The manager accused them, in an interview in YouTube and on social networks, of being linked to organized crime and having been part of “a criminal group.” In the sentence, the judges consider that the representative “was fully aware of the significance of his words when he suggested links with organized crime” and that “by uttering such words, he defamed the victims through conduct that could discredit them in the public opinion.”
Lewandowski and the lawyer based their defense on the fact that these statements “damaged the honor of the lawyer and the reputation of the player.” KucharskiHe also described the former professional Bayern of a “bad person without empathy” and of “believing himself to be a king.” Likewise, he called him a “coward” and “childish” for not wanting to play in the Premier League due to a supposed fear of not standing out.
Kucharski and Lewandowski They have been involved in confrontations and mutual accusations for years: in 2020 the Polish striker denounced his former partner for blackmail, having demanded 20 million euros from him in exchange for not disclosing alleged tax irregularities committed by the footballer. The manager also tried to blackmail the wife of the Barça striker.
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The sentence forces the representative to assume the costs of the process, pay a fine of about 20,000 euros and donate another 25,000 to a charity. Kucharski announced, however, its intention to appeal the ruling and was willing to continue with its litigation against Lewandowski “for a decade”
