Tabloid Ordered To
Compensate Legislator
The La Teja, Costa
Rica's version of a
supermarket tabloid
published by La Nación,
was ordered by the
Tribunal de Juicio del
Segundo Circuito
Judicial de San José, to
pay Bienvenido Venegas
Porras, a legislator for
the Partido Unidad
Social Cristiana (PUSC),
damages and costs.
The court ordered the
daily, which regularly
publishes scandals and
gossips, to pay the
legislator ˘10 million
colones for damages and
˘2 million colones for
coss, plus a ˘600.000
colones fine or 60 days
jail.
La Teja was accused of
publishing a photo of
Venegas that was a
composite that injured
his image and
reputation. |
