Greek comedian gets suspended sentence for online sex videos


A court in the northern city of Thessaloniki sentenced the 58-year-old defendant to five years in prison – suspended for three years – for breaches of Greek privacy laws and fined him €10,000 (RM47,813). — Photo by Andras Vas on Unsplash

THESSALONIKI, Greece: A Greek TV comedian was given a suspended prison sentence on Feb 9 after being convicted of posting on the Internet sex videos of his former partner without her consent, a case that prompted a public debate on online privacy abuses.

A court in the northern city of Thessaloniki sentenced the 58-year-old defendant to five years in prison – suspended for three years – for breaches of Greek privacy laws and fined him €10,000 (RM47,813).

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