Four years after the presenter left SIC, the legal dispute came to an end.
SIC, the company Amor Ponto and Cristina Ferreira reported, this Wednesday, that “after constructive negotiations”, the parties reached an agreement. This ends a legal battle that lasted more than four years.
“SIC, Amor Ponto and Cristina Ferreira inform that they have reached a mutual agreement within the scope of the dispute that pitted the former against the latter. This agreement, reached after constructive negotiations, puts an end to the existing dispute between the parties. Both sides express satisfaction with the resolution reached.”
It is worth remembering that in September 2020, the SIC filed a lawsuit against the presenter and director of fiction and entertainment at TVI at the Judicial Court of the District of Lisbon.
A, the time at which the return to TVI was also announced – which she had left about two years before – and, two months later, she became director and shareholder of Media Capital.
Cristina Ferreira’s company condemned
The case progressed to court, with the latest decision being announced recently. In November, the , by Cristina Ferreira, after for breach of contract with the Impresa group station.
The Sintra Court ordered Amor Ponto to “pay the author SIC Sociedade Independente de Comunicação SA the amount of 3,315,998.67 euros, plus interest, at the commercial rate, from the date of service until effective and full payment”.
Although the Sintra Court partially ruled in favor of the parties, recognizing a payment of 3,536,666.67 euros from Amor Ponto to SIC, it acquitted the presenter.
