At the Shownieuws desk, Sandra Schuurhof is so annoyed by her colleagues’ Peter Gillis hugging that she ends up in a clash with Bram Moszkowicz. “Punishable!”
It is laughable and transparent how colored all Shownieuws items about Peter Gillis and his alleged crimes are. Evert Santegoeds is practically Peter Gillis’ spokesperson and Bram Moszkowicz consistently sits at the desk as if he were his lawyer. That weird Gillis hug of those two has been sought before for hallucinatory television.
Exaggerated
And last night it happened again. The Public Prosecution Service has demanded an 18-month prison sentence against GIllis for committing tax fraud for years, but Bram and Evert Show news as if it has all been exaggerated.
Bram says he is good friends with Gillis’ lawyer and he spoke to him briefly before the broadcast. The criminal lawyer points out that Gillis has generated millions of euros in turnover. “And in that context it concerns a relatively small amount, so what are they talking about? That’s what he says.”
Punishable
Colleague Sandra Schuurhof is immediately annoyed by that trivializing and condoning tone. “But that doesn’t matter, it remains punishable.”
Dyantha Brooks: “Yes, does that make a difference? Collecting black money is still collecting black money, right?
Bram: “Even if he is wrong, the judge will of course look at: if you have a turnover of – I’ll just say – 100 million and you have not declared 50 thousand euros, then that is something completely different than if you have a turnover of 50 million and have not declared 45 million.”
Mobile homes
Sandra points out to Bram the facts that Gillis is suspected of. “I understood that at one point he had a turnover of 35 million when he had eleven parks and that he would have diverted tons, tons, tons of money because he simply rented out those mobile homes in black.”
Bram: “Yes, that is what you understood.”
Sandra: “Well, that’s the charge. Not what I understood, that’s the charge.”
Vision
However, Bram is more involved in the story of Camp Gilles. “No, exactly. That is the view of the Public Prosecution Service and I have just given the view of Mr. Gillis’s lawyer.”
Dyantha: “Sandra, how do you view this case? Sometimes you can also sit fairly quietly at this table, but this really means something to you. Does Peter bother you?”
No, she is bothered by the fact that she is sitting at the table with two Gillis huggers and that, as presenter of Hart van Nederland, she apparently has slightly more journalistic awareness than her gossip colleagues.
‘Not so bad’
Sandra doesn’t care about Gillis, she says. “Well, are you disturbing? No, that’s not what it’s about at all. I don’t know him personally, but I don’t want to trivialize this matter. 200 people were invaded in 2019. This is not the only thing that happened. It was a huge investigation by the Fiod, by the Labor Inspectorate, by everyone.”
“In the meantime, several permits for his parks have been withdrawn but have not yet been received and that is also linked to this suspicion. There is really something going on, so let’s not pretend that things are not that bad.”
Paternalizing
Bart Ettekoven is also participating in the Gillis hugging. “What do you mean something is going on? We don’t know that yet.”
Sandra: “Well, permits have been withdrawn at other parks because something was going on.”
Bram leans over and says patronizingly: “Sandra, that’s how it works in the Netherlands, right… The Public Prosecution Service is taking a case to court.”
Sandra: “I know very well how it works, Bram.”
Bram: “Then I don’t understand why you say this, because it doesn’t testify to it.”
No judge
Sandra is clearly annoyed by Bram. “Because it certainly has to do with the fact that municipalities have withdrawn permits.”
Bram: “I’m so glad you’re not a judge.”
Sandra: “I’m glad you’re not a judge!”
Evert: “Well, you can become a prosecutor tomorrow!”