According to Iltasanomit, Lauri Huttunen, known as Lauri Latelan, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the verdict handed down by the district court.
Lauri Huttunen photographed in Pirkanmaa district court in February. Jussi Saarinen
Latela– programs, Lauri Huttunen was convicted in the district court of Pirkanmaa on February 19 for spreading information that violates private life, defamation and illegal threats.
Evening news according to Huttunen has expressed his dissatisfaction with the district court’s verdict. According to Iltasanomat, Huttunen has submitted his notice to the district court of Pirkanmaa on Tuesday, February 24.
Huttunen must submit his appeal no later than March 23 if he intends to appeal his sentence to the Court of Appeal.
Huttunen was sentenced to a joint punishment of 80 daily fines for three crimes. Huttuse accumulated a total of 3850 euros to be paid. In addition to that, he must compensate his victims for the suffering in total of 4750 euros as well as court costs.
The victims of the crimes were two people belonging to Huttunen’s close circle.
The judgment is not binding.
Threatened while drunk
According to the verdict, Huttunen had called the emergency center and said that he had been planning to kill the person of legal age for over a year. He had also told the paramedics and the survival care station about it.
During the call, the TV star was 2.5 percent drunk.
Huttunen later apologized to the person concerned for threatening him via text message. The TV personality admitted that he acted as described in the description of the act, but denied that he was guilty of illegal threats.
Huttunen had published an article on his Facebook account about the adult interested party, in which he claimed that he had embezzled money. The court considered that it was a matter of presenting false information or insinuation in a way that was apt to cause damage, suffering or contempt to the injured party.
Huttunen denied that he was guilty of defamation, but admitted that he had written the update in question.
Iltalehti followed Huttunen’s trial on the spot in February. However, the judge decided that the case should be heard behind closed doors.
Updated on February 24, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Added information about Huttunen’s convictions.
