Magaly Medina She is one of the most representative and frontal presenters of Peruvian television. During her career, she has had to face various controversies due to her uncovering acids. Without a doubt, one of her strongest was the one she starred in with the footballer Paolo Guerrero, who sued him for defamation.
Learn here how much money the driver had to pay the striker after losing the legal process.
Why did Magaly go to trial with Paolo Guerrero?
The most controversial case that Magaly Medina has addressed occurred in 2007, when the presenter assured at the national level, in her magazine and on television, that the soccer player had committed a serious offense when leave the concentration of his hotel to meet the model Fiorella Chirichigno. According to the communicator, this occurred one day before the Peruvian team played a match against Brazil.
The news had a great repercussion and Paolo Guerrero He quickly gave a conference denying what the host of “Magaly TV: the firm” said.
Magaly went to prison for 5 months
Paolo Guerrero also took legal action against Magaly Medina. She sent him a notarized letter and asked him to publicly rectify himself. In response, the communicator tore up the striker’s document.
The athlete filed a lawsuit for defamation against the “Urraca”, who finally had to rectify himself to try to prevent the magistrate in charge of the case from issuing a sentence against him. Even so, Medina was sentenced to five months in jail, although he only served half of his sentence.
How much did Magaly pay Guerrero for civil damages?
After ruling on Magaly Medina’s sentence in prison, the authorities also determined that the journalist should pay the sum of 200,000 soles for civil compensation to Paolo Guerrero.
Later, it was announced that the total amount would be paid monthly, so she would have to pay him 25,000 soles per month to the national team until reaching the final amount.
Did Magaly Medina withdraw from Latina after her controversy with Paolo Guerrero?
At a press conference she gave a few years ago, the driver assured that her departure from the Latina signal was due to the conflict she had with Paolo Guerrero, which cost her several months in prison.
Magaly also pointed out that she did not have the support of the directors of the channel when she began a legal process with the soccer player. “Even though I ended up on good terms with Latina, I resented a lot (because of her lack of support). No journalist should be lifted off the air by his ideas. Out of dignity and self-esteem, I decided to leave”, specified the ‘Urraca’.
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