The Rzesz\u00f3w Court of Appeal dismissed Izabela Leszczyna\u2019s appeal, upholding a ruling that she must apologize and pay damages to former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Warcho\u0142. <\/p>\n
The case dates back to April 2022, when Izabela Leszczyna wrote that a loan company “does not have to worry” because former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Warcho\u0142 had “extended a protective umbrella” over it under a law that “colleagues of Zbigniew Ziobro called anti-usury for appearances.” Warcho\u0142 assessed at the time that this was an “outrageous lie” and announced a lawsuit against Leszczyna.<\/p>\n
Leszczyna must apologize to Warcho\u0142.<\/p>\n
The Regional Court in Rzesz\u00f3w ruled in February 2024 that Leszczyna should delete her post, apologize to Warcho\u0142, pay 10,000 PLN to the Subcarpathian Children’s Hospice Foundation in Rzesz\u00f3w, and cover the legal costs. “The court stated that the Deputy Head of the Civic Platform, Izabela Leszczyna, broke the law, lied, and violated my good name,” Warcho\u0142 wrote at the time.<\/p>\n
The former health minister filed an appeal. The Court of Appeal in Rzesz\u00f3w dismissed it on Thursday, August 6, informed Warcho\u0142’s attorney, advocate Bartosz Lewandowski. “The Court of Appeal in Rzesz\u00f3w has just dismissed Izabela Leszczyna’s appeal and ordered the plaintiff to be reimbursed for the costs of the proceedings,” the lawyer wrote. “During the proceedings, the defendant raised, among other things, the fact of having immunity and requested the rejection of the lawsuit. The Regional Court and the Court of Appeal in Rzesz\u00f3w dismissed this motion,” he added.<\/p>\n
MP Warcho\u0142 also commented on the matter. “Lies about me will cost [Izabela Leszczyna] 10,000 PLN for the Subcarpathian Children’s Hospice Foundation in Rzesz\u00f3w. And an apology. The Court of Appeal dismissed her appeal. I did not extend – as she claimed – any protective umbrella over loan companies. On the contrary – I was the author of the law fighting usurers, thanks to which the loan market became civilized,” wrote the former deputy minister.<\/p>\n
At the end, the politician thanked his attorney for representing him before the court. “And as for the former minister, I suggest tutoring in lying from her boss – Tusk lies masterfully,” stated the PiS MP. The court’s decision is final. The parties have the right to lodge a cassation appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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