The upper compensation for Mediaset to Alfonso Merlos for “Merlos Place” reduces 150,000 euros
The Supreme Court made a new decision regarding the compensation that Mediaset must pay to Alfonso Merlos for the media scandal “Merlos Pliss”. The judge has reduced the punishment From 800,000 to 150,000 euros After both parties presented the victory before the last example of the judiciary, according to the sentence that was reached Independent.
The date of the events dates back to 2020, when the correspondent Alexia Rivas appeared, half of which passed behind the journalist, while she was making a video call for a program with Javier Nigeri. At that time, Merlos had a relationship with TV collaborator Marta Lopez, with the appearance revealed her betrayal. After what happened, The continued sued the TV factory to deal with the matter in Save me.
Four years later, the Madrid Court of Regions issued a sentence in which the Court of First Instance was ratified by Móstoles. In this, the television factory condemned “the continued illegal interference in the right to honor personal and family intimacy” and decided to do so Mediaset was compensation for 800,000 euros to Merlos And with 385,000 for your company, Trocadero Communication SL
After a new point of view, the provincial court canceled compensation for Trocadero’s communication, although it maintained the recognition of the moral damage received by Alfonso Merleus. This is why both parties filed a crack before the Supreme Court. MEDIASET has looked at it Compensation was not proportional The journalist urged the violation of basic rights, as mentioned in the aforementioned means.
Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, as noted Independent“Ha Refuse this last reasonAlthough he realized the damage that Merlos suffered as a result of treatment with MediaSet programs in this case. ”
However, the Supreme Court reduced the fine to the media to 150,000 euros. This amount will be much lower than the preliminary claims of the plaintiff, from Request the first request from 3585,000 euros.
