The background for the case were some statements that Ole Birk Olesen made on live TV in the program “Debatten” on DR2 in December 2019.
Here, the riots at a construction site in Nørrebro in Copenhagen were debated.
A group of scaffolding workers protested, among other things, that a scaffolding according to them was illegally erected. Both a scaffolding and several cars were overturned.
In the program, the parliamentary politician, who is a former Minister of Transport, sent several accusations against Thomas Strømsholt.
– He is the leader of a group that goes around committing vandalism and scares competitors away from providing a job for people who want to order them. Of course he should be in jail. He is such a mafia leader, Ole Birk Olesen said, among other things.
In the program, Thomas Strømsholt denied this and several other accusations, and subsequently Ole Birk Olesen landed on Facebook.
– It was over the line, because I can not document that he is involved in the illegalities that his members commit, he wrote, among other things.
For Thomas Strømsholt, however, the case did not end here. He sued Ole Birk Olesen for defamation in relation to five statements he had made during the debate.
But when the case was due to start on Monday morning, the judge suggested that the parties reach a settlement.
They then agreed that the five statements were declared incompetent, and that Ole Birk Olesen pays a compensation to Thomas Strømsholt of DKK 15,000.
Source: The Nordic Page