THESSALONIKI, Greece: A Greek TV comedian was given a suspended jail sentence on Feb 9 after being convicted of posting on the Internet sex videos of his former associate with out her consent, a case that prompted a public debate on online privateness abuses.
A court docket within the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki sentenced the 58-year-old defendant to 5 years in jail – suspended for three years – for breaches of Greek privateness legal guidelines and fined him €10,000 (RM47,813).
Greek media recognized him as Stathis Panagiotopoulos, a member of the favored Radio Arvyla (Unconfirmed Rumours) present. Panagiotopoulos was faraway from the present in December after a former associate alleged that he had posted online, with out her consent, videos of them having sex.
Wednesday’s case involved a separate incident involving videos of one other lady, who made a criticism in 2019. The defendant’s lawyer mentioned his consumer, who was not current in court docket, claimed he had not meant to trigger struggling to the lady, had tried to get the video eliminated and wished to apologise.
He faces separate fees for one other two incidents during which pornographic materials was allegedly posted online with out the consent of the ladies concerned. – AP
