“He grabbed his mistress by the neck!”. The former head of TVR, the first reaction after three years, in the Marian Olaianos scandal

• CONTEXT:
  • Gazeta Sporturilor revealed on November 8, 2022 that Marian Olaianos is accused of suddenly and hitting Nadine Vlădescuthe colleague from the Cultural department with whom he had an affair
  • After the incident, Vlădescu filed a complaint with the management Tyrof the “Olaianos swore at me, hit me with his hands, fists and a set of keys, strangled me and hit me with my head against the wall,” she claimed. For his part, Olaianos complained that he was sexually harassed.
  • GSP.ro revealed that Dan Turturică, the president of TVR, received the final report in the assault case on behalf of Marian Olaianos. The three members of the research commission from TVR recommended to the president-general director of the public station, Dan Turturică, that Olaianos' employment contract be terminated. That is, in short, to be kicked out.
  • In March 2024, Olaianos won at first instance, and TVR appealed, which the journalist won in October and was rehired by the public television station.

After more than three years since the first revelations regarding the internal scandal within TVR, when Marian Olaianos had a conflict with another employee of the public station, Nadine Vlădescu, the former head of Romanian Television, Dan Cristian Turturică spoke about the subject.

“The labor law is a catastrophe”

Everything took place during an interview given to paginademedia.ro. The discussion started from the subject of layoffs within the Romanian Television, which Dan Turturică, the former president-general director of TVR, did not do during his four years in office.

“Why didn't we kick people out? Because in 2012 there was a big purge in TVR and that resulted in? With all the people turned back. Because the legislation on labor law in Romania, especially regarding the state sector, is a catastrophe. The chances of kicking someone out and them not coming back, give them the money too, are slim to none“, Turturică explained.

Dan Cristian Turturică, former head of TVR

“The record of that act is as thick as OJ Simpson's”

Then he referred to the Marian Olaianos – Nadine Vlădescu case.

“I had a journalist who strangled his mistress, and she was still hiring TVR. Under the eye of the camera. He won in court. Although I believe that the procedure was very thoroughly done. I don't think it was an error by the legal department, human resources or the commission of inquiry in TVR,” said the former head of national television.

“The record of that act is as thick as OJ Simpson's. I think it's thousands of pages long and yet the court found him innocent. Not that he is innocent, but it was said that the punishment is too harsh. What does too harsh punishment mean?! About how much do you have to give her if she grabs her neck? If he tightened it more easily, would you subtract another month?”, Dan Turturică also pointed out.

The controversial OJ Simpson

The “Olaianos case” was compared to that of a criminal by Turturică

• Orenthal James Simpson, known as OJ Simpson, died on April 11, 2024, aged 76.
• He was one of the most important running backs in American football history.
• After retirement he had a tumultuous life. He was accused in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her boyfriend, Ronald Goldman. But he was acquitted.
• Later, in 2008, he was sentenced to 33 years in prison for robbery and kidnapping. He was released in July 2017.