Marco Borsato reportedly no longer wants to continue the case against his complainant Asmara, but the Public Prosecution Service will decide this independently. “I would take her to the gates of hell sue“, it sounds on TV.
The indecent case against Marco Borsato completely destroyed his career in the space of four years, but when it came down to it, there turned out to be no convincing evidence whatsoever. The singer’s counter-indictment against his accuser Asmara still stands. How is he able to do that now? His lawyers will announce this next week.
Asmara before judge?
However, the Public Prosecution Service will decide on its own about the prosecution. Even if Marco doesn’t want to go through with it, they can still decide to take Asmara to court. “If the Public Prosecution Service thinks that there is indeed reason to continue with the case, isn’t that just a good thing, I think?” says opinion maker Ronald Molendijk at the desk of Show news.
Colleague Sandra Schuurhof: “I don’t think the Public Prosecution Service will want to go through this process again if Marco himself opts out. They have already closed their noses considerably during that lawsuit. It is a completely different process, but I don’t know. I think they also want to put it behind them.”
Doll
Ronald thinks Asmara should fear. “I don’t think there is one person at the Public Prosecution Service, but there are teams. Another person might think: yes, fuck it, those people have caused harm to someone, that’s what we are going to do. I don’t actually see the problem. Maybe the Public Prosecution Service will soon say that they consider Marco Borsato a victim.”
Celebrity expert Bart Ettekoven: “Then you get into the discussion: what should he demand? Because you can’t pick from a bald chicken either. The damage to Marco runs into millions. The best man has not been able to work for six years.”
Major damage
The damage is enormous for Marco. “Well, I can’t exactly look in his wallet, but we all know approximately what he asked for an hour of singing, so that’s in the millions. Yeah, that’s not possible there at all.”
Ronald: “It’s more of a retaliation and a signal to us: don’t do this. And it’s punishment. Right?”
Tooske Ragas: “You have to be able to make it really hard.”
Gates of Hell
What would Bart do if he were Marco? “If someone really wrongly accuses you of something, you want to get to the bottom of it.”
Ronald: “I would say: Sue just them all the way.”
Bart: “Yes, would you just go all the way? Chase someone until the gates of hell?”
Ronald: “Certainly. Yes, if that was done to you and the judge said: ‘Nothing happened’, then I also want to be proven right.”
