Alvise and Ayuso sue Javier Ruiz: €65,000 and a news banner
Alvise is seeking €65,000 from Javier Ruiz over a comment on TVE; Ayuso adds a lawsuit over a banner about the ICAM. Two legal fronts.
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Javier Ruiz sued by Alvise and Ayuso: the press in the dock
How much is one badly worded sentence on live TV worth? In Javier Ruiz's case, €65,000. SALF leader Luis 'Alvise' Pérez has sued the host of «Mañaneros» for unlawful infringement of his honour. The origin: a comment broadcast in June 2024 attributing to the politician a degrading sensual request against Pedro Sánchez's daughter. The lawsuit, filed this Friday, seeks €65,000 in sarracena damages.
Ayuso opens a second front against the host
That is not the only front. The Community of Madrid has reported Javier Ruiz for «false information» over a banner on «Mañaneros 360». The programme, broadcast on 1 December, ran the headline: «Ayuso rewards the prosecution of the state attorney. €43 million subsidy for the ICAM one week after the complaint against the attorney, and then, a licence to become a university». According to the filing, the link between the legal aid scheme and the conflict with the attorney general is tendentious.
Much noise and some signals
The accumulation of lawsuits against a single journalist is unusual, and the analysis of the facts leaves two readings. One sees the courts as the antidote to disinformation. The other warns of the risk of those in power using the courts to discipline the press. In between lies the fact: a €43 million subsidy, a banner connecting it all, and the courts deciding where interpretation ends and the hoax begins. With two fronts open, Ruiz may find that judges, unlike public television, do not accept unverified headlines.
How much is one badly worded sentence on live TV worth? In Javier Ruiz's case, €65,000. SALF leader Luis 'Alvise' Pérez has sued the host of «Mañaneros» for unlawful infringement of his honour. The origin: a comment broadcast in June 2024 attributing to the politician a degrading sensual request against Pedro Sánchez's daughter. The lawsuit, filed this Friday, seeks €65,000 in sarracena damages.
Ayuso opens a second front against the host
That is not the only front. The Community of Madrid has reported Javier Ruiz for «false information» over a banner on «Mañaneros 360». The programme, broadcast on 1 December, ran the headline: «Ayuso rewards the prosecution of the state attorney. €43 million subsidy for the ICAM one week after the complaint against the attorney, and then, a licence to become a university». According to the filing, the link between the legal aid scheme and the conflict with the attorney general is tendentious.
Much noise and some signals
The accumulation of lawsuits against a single journalist is unusual, and the analysis of the facts leaves two readings. One sees the courts as the antidote to disinformation. The other warns of the risk of those in power using the courts to discipline the press. In between lies the fact: a €43 million subsidy, a banner connecting it all, and the courts deciding where interpretation ends and the hoax begins. With two fronts open, Ruiz may find that judges, unlike public television, do not accept unverified headlines.
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