The court decided that Romina Gingașu and her husband, the billionaire Piero Ferrari, have won the case against the Romania TV station, in a case concerning the broadcasting of materials considered defamatory.
It is a presidential order by which the magistrates ordered provisional measures, until the case is settled on the merits, obliging the television to withdraw all materials published starting from February 23, 2026 that are considered defamatory or that contain information about the private life of the plaintiffs. Also, the court prohibited the dissemination, for the future, of similar materials without their consent, Pagina de Media notes.
According to the data in the file, the action was opened following a large series of materials broadcast by Romania TV in a short period of time, both online and in TV shows and on the station’s social media platforms. In total, it would have been about dozens of video materials and articles in which information was presented related to alleged files or accusations that were later not confirmed or were closed.
In some of the disputed materials, Romina Gingașu was associated with old accusations, including a case from about a decade ago in which she would have been a witness, as well as with claims regarding alleged serious acts, including the “theft” of a boat from the state’s heritage. The plaintiffs claimed in court that this information was presented truncated and affected the image and privacy of the family.
In defense, Romania TV representatives claimed that the materials were based on judicial sources and information from an indictment, invoking the public interest and the right to information, but also the public status of the persons concerned. At the same time, the station argued that the requested measure would represent a form of censorship and would restrict the freedom of expression of the press.
The court, however, rejected these arguments, pointing out that freedom of expression has limits, and allegations of high gravity should have been further verified before broadcast. The judges appreciated that some wording used in the materials had a derogatory character and were presented in a pejorative way, with the potential to damage the plaintiffs’ reputation.
The operative part of the decision states that the television is obliged to temporarily withdraw all articles and materials considered defamatory from the station’s website, from YouTube and from social networks, as well as to stop publishing similar materials until the final settlement of the files pending before the Prahova Court.
The decision of the Prahova Tribunal was later upheld by the Ploiesti Court of Appeal, which rejected the appeals filed by Romania TV as unfounded.
