In the spotlight: Lew Rywin
The correctional facility he was kept in apparently failed to provide him with medical services of an appropriate standard and Rywin's weak ticker suffered as a result. Two thousand people moved by his lot signed a letter demanding proper medical care for the film producer, away from his cell.
It is not clear how long Lew Rywin is going to remain free. The court and medical panels will once again assess the condition of his health, which last time took them more than five months. In the meantime, the court will have to process the motion for the cassation of his sentence.
Rywin was sent to prison after Gazeta Wyborcza accused him of trying to solicit a bribe from Agora - the newspaper's publisher - allegedly on behalf of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) that was then headed by Prime Minister Leszek Miller. In return for $17.5 (zł.58.7) million Rywin claimed he could persuade some politicians to modify a media bill draft in a manner favourable to Agora's expansion on the market. Before it got to court, the case was judged by a special parliamentary commission and extensively covered by the media.
Lew Rywin is a famous media entrepreneur, who co-produced Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and Roman Polański's The Pianist. He owns the Heritage Films Company.
It is not clear how long Lew Rywin is going to remain free. The court and medical panels will once again assess the condition of his health, which last time took them more than five months. In the meantime, the court will have to process the motion for the cassation of his sentence.
Rywin was sent to prison after Gazeta Wyborcza accused him of trying to solicit a bribe from Agora - the newspaper's publisher - allegedly on behalf of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) that was then headed by Prime Minister Leszek Miller. In return for $17.5 (zł.58.7) million Rywin claimed he could persuade some politicians to modify a media bill draft in a manner favourable to Agora's expansion on the market. Before it got to court, the case was judged by a special parliamentary commission and extensively covered by the media.
Lew Rywin is a famous media entrepreneur, who co-produced Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and Roman Polański's The Pianist. He owns the Heritage Films Company.
