Fortuna placed bets in response to Langer’s arrest by police. He apologizes today. “We especially apologize for betting on whether Ivan Langer will be accused of corruption, whether the police will report finding money in his wine box or shoe box or toilet bowl, in a mattress, pillow or duvet, or whether he will be accused of theft. bicycle or treason, ”Fortuna writes on its website.
At the same time, the office must apologize for the statements of spokesman Petr Šrain and manager Michal Hanák. Shrain said in a press release at the time that David Rath was hiding the money in a wine box, Kott and Pancova as a compote in jars, and that it could be speculated how creative Langer could have been in hiding any illegal proceeds. Hanák said that there were accusations of lecčehos at stake, from the theft of a bicycle to treason, which some might easily consider the abolition of the financial police, which Langer was responsible for.
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The court ruled last year that Fortuna must keep the apology on its website for fifteen days. “The court does not deny the defendants to place bets on events of public interest, but this must not be done in a way that would be disgraceful to the person to whom the bets relate,” explained judge Iveta Nedozrálová last year. Langer demanded compensation of five million, and the judge awarded him seventy thousand.
The court began resolving Langer’s dispute with Fortuna at the end of 2016. It arose from Fortuna’s reaction by placing bets on Langer’s detention by the police in October 2015 in connection with the Vidkun case. She searched his house, but Langer was not charged with anything.
Here’s how Fortuna has to apologize on its website:
Fortuna must apologize
