Giertych sues Wprost, new tapes to be published

Roman Giertych, a lawyer and former deputy prime minister, said on Saturday that he would sue weekly Wprost for suggesting that he had tried to create a group aimed at coercing rich Poles to give money. Earlier that day the magazine revealed its cover for the Monday issue, featuring pictures of Giertych and richest Pole Jan Kulczyk. It also said that it would publish new transcripts, of a tapped conversation between the advocate and two journalists. According to information published so far, the recording is of Giertych attempting to buy all rights to a book written by journalist Piotr Nisztor about Jan Kulczyk. The book, not published to date, talks about the communist background of Kulczyk's family and the origins of his first success in business.