- Masiak, a erstwhile MMA player, demanded an apology, 50 1000 PLN to make amends and ban Kwiatkowski's speech for a year
- Senator KO spoke about Masiak's criminal past and his connections with Karol Nawrocki
- The PiS candidate for president denied knowing the details of Masiak's criminal past, emphasizing their erstwhile sports knowledge
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Kwiatkowski's words, which became the basis of the lawsuit, fell in the context of Masiak's acquaintance with Karol Nawrocki, a candidate of the Law and Justice for President. Masiak accused Senator KO of violating his individual possessions, demanded an apology and PLN 50,000 to make amends and filed a motion to safe the lawsuit. It was to be that for a year Kwiatkowski could not talk in the media about Masiak's past.
In January, the territory Court of Łódź dismissed the application for the defence and on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit. The court concluded that Kwiatkowski did not violate Masiak's individual property and charged an MMA player with the costs of a trial of over PLN 4.3 thousand. The conviction is not final.
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski: demanded that I stay silent
— The court rejected in its entirety the action of Patrick Masiak, or “Big Bu”, who demanded that I silence him and his relation with Karol Nawrocki, the candidate of the Law and Justice for President. So that I don't talk about their long-standing relationship, Karol Nawrocki's relation with a criminal convicted of kidnapping a woman," said Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, quoted by TVN24.
— We as citizens have the right to know who is an crucial individual in the life of any presidential candidate. As citizens, we have a right to know why Karol Nawrocki was gathering with Patrick Masiak, inviting him to his cabinet as president of the Institute of National Memory, due to the fact that there is simply a reasonable belief that he will besides invitation him to the Presidential Palace if he was elected president," added the KO politician.
“Big Bu” in the photograph with Karol Nawrocki
In May 2024, Masiak took a image of himself with Nawrocki at the National Education Office of IPN and published them on social media. The signature was “it was hard not to take advantage of the invitation, so since I was in the capital anyway, I stopped by to see how Charles was head of the institution.” In August, Ub.r. published a photograph with Nawrocki at a coffee table with a signature: “It’s like that with the president of IPN on coffee. It is always good to perceive to the wise.”
Senator Kwiatkowski later spoke about Masiak's criminal past, including that he was convicted of kidnapping a man. These statements became the basis for bringing an MMA player to the territory Court in Łódź for a individual property infringement lawsuit.
Court of First Instance: the message was admissible
Judge Katarzyna Wesołowska-Zbudniewek concluded on Tuesday that specified a violation did not happen due to the fact that Patryk Masiak is simply a public person, indirectly engaged in an election campaign, and that Kwiatkowski's message "did not exceed the limits of acceptable criticism nor exceed the measurement appropriate to public discourse".
Nawrocki, whose passion is boxing, spoke in the autumn of ub.r. “Rzeczpospolita” that Masiak met respective years ago in the boxing room, fought “with each another in the sports formula: officially, in the boxing room, among many another players” and later many years did not see each other. He added that he would not mention to "criminal issues" and that he had no thought about them. On the another hand, in his entry on the X Nawrocki platform, he wrote that "his opponents in the ringing appreciate the fight, but they are not liable for their extra-sport life."
