Romanian businessman and media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu arrived on Friday, around 12 PM at the Bucharest Court where a new term in the file in which he is indicted of favoring Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popa is judged.
UPDATE The trial of the Romanian businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vantu was postponed for Monday, January 10, after seven hours of debate. During the debates, the judge explained how she discovered that the medical documents submitted by Vantu’s lawyers, attesting a heart disease, were signed by a gynecologist. The judge made a simple investigation on the Internet and discovered another aspect: gynecologist Peter Husslein does not even work at the Vienna clinic indicated by Vantu. Also on Friday, the audio tapes that include the talks businessman Vantu had with Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popa and with others were heard.
5:55 PM During debates the judge explained how she discovered that the medical documents submitted by Vantu’s lawyers, attesting a heart disease, were signed by a gynecologist. The judge made a simple investigation on the Internet and discovered another aspect: gynecologist Peter Husslein does not even work at the Vienna clinic indicated by Vantu. She added that as she entered the website of the Rudolfinerhaus clinic, indicated by the businessman, she discovered the Husslein is not the director of the clinic.
5:40 PM After four hours all tapes are heard. All requests of the lawyers are no considered: request to allow the businessman to leave the country for a clinic in Vienna and an official medical expertise of the businessman’s condition. At the previous trial term, the judge requested defense lawyers to present all original documents attesting Vantu’s medical problem. At the time the judge realized that his documents are signed by a gynecologist.
3:20 PM The IT specialist hired by the court explai