{"id":99521,"date":"2024-11-05T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/former-supreme-court-judge-acquitted-of-compensation-claims-following-poison-allegations\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:40:01","slug":"former-supreme-court-judge-acquitted-of-compensation-claims-following-poison-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/former-supreme-court-judge-acquitted-of-compensation-claims-following-poison-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Supreme Court judge acquitted of compensation claims following poison allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case in summary \u2022 Former Supreme Court judge Jens Edvin Skogh\u00f8y has been acquitted of defamation after he was sued by his ex-wife, Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y.\u2022 Skogh\u00f8y claimed in the media that he was poisoned by his then wife over a period from May to October 2022. The police’s investigation into this was based on the state of the evidence.\u2022 Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y rejected all allegations of poisoning and sued her ex-husband for defamation, for which she demanded NOK 2.5 million.\u2022 Oslo district court believes that the statements of Jens Edvin Skogh\u00f8y are within the freedom of expression and asks Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y to pay almost 100,000 in court costs. \u2022 Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y’s lawyer, Linn\u00e9a Tereza Karlberg, believes that the judgment is wrong and that there are clear grounds for appeal. \u2022 The court believes that Skogh\u00f8y, who has been offended in a criminal case, is allowed to speak about what he believes he has been exposed to. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s \u200b\u200bjournalists before publication. The court believes that Skogh\u00f8y’s statements are within the scope of freedom of expression. In December 2022, then Supreme Court judge Jens E. Skogh\u00f8y went to the media and claimed that he had been poisoned by his then wife, Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y. Skogh\u00f8y stated that he was poisoned over a longer period, from May to October 2022. The judgment states that it is likely that Skogh\u00f8y was poisoned during the period, and that he was under the influence of a narcotic substance. It is not established who poisoned him. The police’s investigation into this was abandoned depending on the state of the evidence. Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y rejected all allegations of poisoning, and thus sued her ex-husband for defamation. For this she demanded NOK 2.5 million. Oslo district court asks her to pay almost 100,000 in court costs. – The verdict is obviously wrong. There are clear grounds for appeal here, which will be considered within the deadline of one month, writes Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y’s lawyer Linn\u00e9a Tereza Karlberg at the law firm Danielsen & Co. Basis Skogh\u00f8y’s facts The case received a lot of attention in the media after Skogh\u00f8y went public with his accusations. The case was heard in the Oslo district court for two days in October. Skogh\u00f8y believed that his statements to the newspapers were within the scope of freedom of expression. The Oslo District Court has now given him the right to do so. – The verdict is as expected. I have no further comment, says Skogh\u00f8y to Aftenposten. The court writes that he who offended in a criminal case, as he was at the time, is allowed to speak about what he believes he has been exposed to. Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y has not decided whether she will appeal the case. Photo: Javad Parsa \/ NTB The witnesses who explained in court that they noticed changes in his behavior and demeanor are highlighted in the judgement. “Jens Edvin A. Skogh\u00f8y is acquitted of claims for compensation for defamatory statements. His freedom of expression makes it justified,” the judgment reads. Could weaken the Supreme Court’s reputation In the judgment it is written that it is understandable that Skogh\u00f8y needed to explain his absence from the Supreme Court that autumn. – The verdict shows that there is no protection for most people against defamatory statements from people in power, writes lawyer Karlberg. She says they experienced the proceedings as biased. – When the court withholds medical records and witnesses from the plaintiffs who can shed light on the facts, and only the defendant is allowed to present their witnesses, the presentation of the case is skewed, and the result is therefore wrong, claims Karlberg. The Supreme Court is Norway’s highest court. Decisions made there are often in similar cases in other courts. That is why the judges there, and the trials brought there, are considered very important. Furthermore, it is said that Skogh\u00f8y had grounds to come forward with the serious accusation. “The charge was very serious, but it also involved a very serious act.” Skogh\u00f8y’s position in Norwegian society as a Supreme Court judge is also highlighted. Both because the district court believes it is understandable that he wanted to clarify his situation publicly, and because the fact that he suffered from a diagnosis could weaken the Supreme Court’s reputation. “By showing that he had been poisoned, Jens Edvin A. Skogh\u00f8y also denied that he had dementia. It is a disease that develops over time. Without a clear rejection of the allegation, it could otherwise lead to a number of reinstatement petitions in cases where he had been one of the judges”. Published 05.11.2024, at 11.23 Updated 05.11.2024, at 17.13
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The case in summary \u2022 Former Supreme Court judge Jens Edvin Skogh\u00f8y has been acquitted of defamation after he was sued by his ex-wife, Nataliia Skogh\u00f8y.\u2022 Skogh\u00f8y claimed in the media that he was poisoned by his then wife over a period from May to October 2022. The police’s investigation into this was based on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[917,6078,1196,2894,868,2401,5223,867],"class_list":["post-99521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-acquitted","tag-allegations","tag-claims","tag-compensation","tag-court","tag-judge","tag-poison","tag-supreme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}