The filing submitted to the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Office came from Ilona Ékes, a former Fidesz member of parliament.
The reason for the appeals was the statements made by Judit Varga during the hearings of the parliamentary commission investigating abuses in the enforcement proceedings.
The legal complaints follow testimony delivered by Varga, Hungary’s former justice minister, during a hearing of the National Assembly’s investigative committee examining abuses in enforcement proceedings. Varga used the appearance to outline a period of intense personal pressure surrounding her divorce.
The filing alleges that from January 2023 to March 2024, Péter Magyar repeatedly used the recording to issue threats. According to Magyar’s own admissions, he captured the audio in January 2023 purportedly to safeguard his relatives moving forward.
The document further claims that these menaces pressured Varga into delaying the split or accepting disadvantageous conditions. Ékes argued that this prolonged psychological pressure may have constituted domestic violence, a position echoed by István Tényi Jr., who said that systematic threats using secretly made audio recordings for a year and a half contain signs of several criminal offenses at once.
Zoltán Lomnici Jr., a specialist in Hungarian constitutional law, told the publication that proven months of intimidation would carry severe legal penalties for Magyar, such as domestic violence accusations. The attorney explained that Magyar's legal training would be treated as an aggravating factor by the judiciary when evaluating his conduct, though building a definitive case with all necessary evidence for every element of the crime is required for punishment.
She addressed those who have become disillusioned.
“In my opinion, the first step – and the most important one – is not to be afraid of Péter Magyar. Do not allow the hatred that emanates from him to take the place of love in your hearts,” Varga told Patrióta.
Varga described her own experience during the marriage, stating that she was the one who needed protection at the time, and that all hell broke loose as soon as she announced she wanted a divorce.
She recalled that Magyar never actually played or showed her the recording during that time, sometimes even reassuring her that he would never record her, leaving her to spend the entire period hoping he was bluffing until he presented a printed criminal complaint addressed to the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Office at the end of March.
Addressing statements made by the former leader of the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Office, Pál Fürcht—who argued that Varga could not have known about the purported enforcement abuses while holding the justice minister portfolio—she expressed her expectation that the left-wing mainstream journalists present at the proceeding would issue an apology for subjecting her to five years of unfair public defamation regarding the matter.