Cristina Ferreira reached an agreement with SIC, ending the legal process that has been going on for four years. ”Amor ponto, Cristina Ferreira adn SIC express that they have entered into a mutual agreement within the scope of the dispute that pitted the first against the second”, says the presenter in a statement, last Wednesday.
“This agreement, reached after constructive negotiations, puts an end to the dispute between the parties.Both sides express satisfaction with the solution found”, says the same press release.
Negotiation involves paying an amount to SIC, says the newspaper Surnamebut the terms of the agreement were not disclosed. PÚBLICO contacted SIC, which confirmed the agreement, but without detailing the amount paid by Cristina Ferreira.
On November 19, the West District court of Justice of Lisbon decided to execute the assets of the company Amor Ponto in an amount of up to 4.7 million euros, including the assets of the company and the current and future credits of the company, which already included the interest. on the sentence.
This is as, in June, the Sintra court ordered Amor Ponto to pay SIC more than 3.3 million euros for breach of contract with the broadcaster and the presenter appealed the decision, but did not ask for suspension effects, and she did not post bail. . with bank guarantees, which would lead to seizure.
Amor Ponto was incorporated in 2008, as Cristina Ferreira, Sociedade Unipessoal and took its current name in 2019, having also been called Cristina Ferreira, Lda. The company has three shareholders: Cristina Ferreira, her father, Antonio jorge Ferreira, and Docasal Investimentos, a company that also has the same two shareholders.
“I will continue to take all responsibility, honestly”, replied the presenter when it became clear that the assets had been seized.Cristina Ferreira accused SIC of “executing the sentence of first instance, despite the fact that it is still being appealed and, therefore, could be reversed”.
In the same statement, he guaranteed that he would appeal against “the legal mechanism that allows the initiative to be suspended”. The solution found was the mutual agreement reached last Wednesday.
The process between SIC and Amor Ponto has been ongoing as September 2020, when SIC filed its lawsuit against TVI’s fiction and entertainment director, and the court decided that the contract between the presenter and broadcaster Carnaxide was not freely revocable. Cristina Ferreira left SIC in July of that year, returning to TVI, where she was supposed to be a director and shareholder of Media Capital.