Romanian MEP Diana Șoșoacă has been indicted on two counts of an offense involving threats against public officials (ultraj), the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice announced, as reported by News.ro. She will remain free while the case is heard.
The incident occurred on December 15, 2024, when two Bucharest police officers went to Diana Șoșoacă’s home to deliver a contravention fine.
According to prosecutors, the officers identified themselves and explained their reason for being there, after which Șoșoacă became aggressive and refused to accept the document.
The indictment stated that she invoked her status as an elected official, telling the officers: “I am a member of the European Parliament. What are you doing at an MEP’s home?”
The prosecutors alleged that Diana Șoșoacă prevented the officers from posting the fine on her door and then followed them into the street, directing insults at them.
She later allegedly threatened the officers during a livestream on TikTok and Facebook. Among other statements cited by prosecutors, the SOS Romania leader said she believed she might “get a gun” and threatened to shoot anyone approaching her.
“The victims directly perceived the defendant’s threats after viewing the video footage she had posted on social media, which caused them to experience intense fear,” reads the prosecutors’ statement.
The fine concerned an incident on November 24, 2024, during the first round of Romania’s presidential election. Diana Șoșoacă filmed herself inside the voting booth and publicly broadcast the images, allegedly breaching the country’s presidential election law.
The indictment was submitted to Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice, which has jurisdiction to hear the case at first instance.
The charges represent allegations, and Șoșoacă is presumed innocent unless found guilty by a final court ruling.
This is not the first criminal case involving the MEP. Back in July, prosecutors from the General Prosecutor’s Office indicted Diana Șoșoacă and her former husband in a case concerning the alleged unlawful deprivation of liberty of several Italian journalists in 2021.
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