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Madrid Court Upholds €130,000 Award to Georgina Rodríguez Over Telemadrid Privacy Breach

The ruling rebukes tabloid-style reporting by a public broadcaster, underscoring that later fame cannot erase earlier privacy protections.

Overview

  • The Audiencia Provincial de Madrid affirmed a Pozuelo de Alarcón judgment ordering Telemadrid to pay €130,000 for violating privacy and image rights.
  • The compensation is set at €80,000 for Georgina Rodríguez and €50,000 to be shared between her sisters.
  • Judges found that 2018 Aqui hay madroño segments delved into strictly private family matters with frivolity and without verification.
  • The court criticized the use of neighbors presented as relatives or friends, calling the sourcing below the minimum standards of journalistic rigor.
  • Magistrates held that Rodríguez’s later celebrity status cannot retroactively justify the broadcasts, and Telemadrid has appealed to the Supreme Court.