Samuela T., a former contestant of the fourth edition of “Top Model” and a Confederation candidate for the Sejm, has been charged with 11 counts related to posts on X, the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office said. The suspect has pleaded not guilty.
What the charges concern
On Monday, 9 November, the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office announced charges of “committing 11 offences consisting in publishing posts on X”. According to the breakdown provided, four charges concern the public glorification of an aggressive war (Article 117 § 3 of the Criminal Code), which carries a penalty of three months to five years’ imprisonment.
Three charges relate to the public glorification of an offence which, as stated in the charges, was committed by Grzegorz Braun in the Sejm on 12 December 2023 (extinguishing Hanukkah candles with a fire extinguisher). One charge concerns glorifying violence on the grounds of political affiliation, and the remaining three concern insulting national and ethnic groups, including Jews and Ukrainians.
The prosecutors did not disclose which specific posts the individual charges concern, the period they come from, or which war is meant.
Investigation of the Kamracka movement leaders
The charges were brought in an investigation targeting the leaders of the so-called Kamrat movement, Wojciech Olszański and Marcin Osadowski, and 12 other people. Previously, Olszański was charged with 78 counts in this case and Osadowski with 64; some of the provisions are the same as those the prosecutors are applying to Samuela T.
The 32-year-old suspect has not admitted to the acts she is accused of. The court will decide on guilt and any punishment, and until then the presumption of innocence applies.
Who is Samuela T.
Samuela T. appeared in the fourth edition of “Top Model” in 2014 and later worked as a model. She ran in parliamentary elections on the Confederation lists. The Monitoring Center for Racist and Xenophobic Behaviour said it had filed notifications to law enforcement authorities regarding her statements. We recently wrote about the programme in connection with the finale of the 14th edition of “Top Model”.
