Eroski is sentenced to pay 30,000 euros to Cristina Cifuentes for not guarding the video that forced her resignation

The Provincial Court of Madrid has sided with the former regional president Cristina Cifuentes in the lawsuit that she filed against Eroski

when the magistrates determined that the supermarket chain violated her fundamental right to personal privacy.

This is stated in a sentence, to which Europa Press had access, in which the magistrates of the Twentieth Section partially uphold the appeal filed against the decision of the first instance, issued by the Court of First Instance number 82 of Majadahonda, which is revoked.

In this way, the magistrates agree in part with Cifuentes in the lawsuit filed against Cecosa Hipermercados SL, a subsidiary of Eroski, for

.

The dissemination of the images, in which he appeared stealing two creams in a supermarket, led to the resignation of Cifuentes at a time when the legality of the master's degree he studied at the Institute of Public Law of the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) was being questioned. ) in the 2011-2012 academic year, a case from which she was acquitted by the Justice.

The magistrates now declare that the conduct of the supermarket chain "constitutes a violation of the fundamental right of Cristina Cifuentes to her personal privacy, in article 18 of the Spanish Constitution."

From 450,000 to 30,000

The court

for not adequately guarding the images recorded in the establishment on May 5, 2011. Cifuentes claimed 450,000 euros in the lawsuit.

As a result of this ruling,

and to destroy them within 30 days, if they are not included in a criminal complaint.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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