"Big Bu" demands an apology from Senator PO. This is about knowing Karol Nawrocki

• The case dates back to May 2024, erstwhile controversy sparked a photograph that Patrick Masiak took with Karol Nawrocki at the National Education Office of IPN and published on social media
• Senator Kwiatkowski commented on Nawrocki's relation with Masiak. The content of this message referred to the criminal past of “Big Bu”
• — All the material was publically available, and I had the impression that the reason was arrogant of his criminal past. He's a celebrated cage fighter, a public figure. He gave many speeches, and in his social media he boasted of his acquaintance with Karol Nawrocki, as Kwiatkowski testified before the court.
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Patryk Masiak did not appear before the court in Łódź on Tuesday at a gathering concerning Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski. When, in the absence of an MMA lawyer in court, he informed that his client was abroad, representing the suspect Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, lawyer Michał Ignasiak felt that since he had not justified his absence and had not filed a motion to postpone the trial, the court should disregard his testimony, question the suspect and close the case.

Judge Katarzyna Wesołowska-Zbudniewek accepted this request, listened to what the suspect Krzysztof Kwiatkowski had to say and watched presented by the suspect as evidence of video material with statements by Senator Kwiatkowski and Masiak himself.

The case dates back to May 2024, erstwhile controversy sparked a photograph that Patrick Masiak took with Karol Nawrocki at the National Education Office of the IPN and published on social media. The signature was “it was hard not to take advantage of the invitation, so since I was inactive in the capital, I stopped by to see how Charles was headed by this institution.” In August, “Big Bu” published a photograph with Nawrocki at the coffee table and a signature: “so there with the president of IPN on coffee. It is always good to perceive to the wise.”

Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski later spoke about Nawrocki's acquaintance with Masiak, an MMA player, besides known as "Big Bu". The content of this message relating to Masiak's criminal past became the basis for bringing a individual property infringement suit to the territory Court of Lodz.

"Big Bu" demands an apology from Senator PO. It's about words about the relation with Karol Nawrocki

Patryk Masiak demands an apology from the senator, a ban on speaking about the plaintiff and his contacts with Nawrocki and 50 1000 PLN of compensation.

Krzysztof Kwiatkowski in his evidence told the court that the cognition of Patrick Masiak drew from large nationwide news portals available to the public, which referred to the contacts of the PiS candidate for president Karol Nawrocki and interviews with “Big Bu”Who himself spoke of his criminal past.

— All the material was publically available, and I had the impression that the reason was arrogant of his criminal past. He's a celebrated cage fighter, a public figure. He gave many speeches, and in his social media he praised his acquaintance with Karol Nawrocki, as Kwiatkowski testified.

It was Masiak's contacts with Nawrocki that, as Kwiatkowski testified, the essence of his statements on Masiak, and erstwhile he spoke of him, he was guided by the good that is the right of citizens to know about a individual who may be the most crucial in the state.

Statement on the background of the public debate on the presidential candidate

Legal advisor Krzysztof Proś, representing Patrick Masiak, applied for designation of his client's claims. This was justified by the fact that he "was convicted of kidnapping a female and would not quit on it, but he was never convicted of prostitution or participation in a criminal group", and that phrase was to fall in Kwiatkowski's statements.

— There is simply a presumption of innocence. My client wasn't convicted of the crimes he was assigned. We mean that the defendant's message was false and should not fall in public," said Proś.

Kwiatkowski's Plenipotentiary demanded that the suit be rejected in its entirety, stating that the claim was not only not proven, but was not even certified. “ We gave where the suspect got his knowledge, and his message was based on a public debate about the presidential candidate. The public has the right to information,” said lawyer Michał Ignasiak.

He added that, in his opinion, "the plaintiff's insult by the defendant's words is articulated only in a lawsuit". “I do not see the plaintiff taking any action to remove articles about his activities from the media,” Ignasiak added.

The judgement in this case will be announced by the territory Court in Łódź on 15 April.