Samuel Pereira was convicted of defamation of Aleksandra Brejza, wife of president Inowrocław Ryszard Brejza and parent of Krzysztof Brejza, MEP. The Centre for Monitoring the Freedom of Press of the Association of Polish Journalists assessed that the conviction "violates the rule of freedom of speech and reconciles into 1 of the foundations of the legal order of the Republic of Poland". It announces further steps.