Tuesday 8. October to billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke, one of Norway’s richest and most high-profile businessmen, and Jan Erik “Jannik” Iversen (62) meet in court.
“Jannik” is through a number of years, known as the torpedo in Oslo. He is accused of having pushed Røkke for a two-digit commentator. According to the indictment shall utpressingen have taken place between november 2017 and January 2018.
“ Jannik ” shall, according to the indictment, have threatened to publish “disadvantageous information” about Completed.
Background: Torpedo prosecuted for the accused against Kjell Inge Røkke
NRK have previously discussed that “Jannik” should have contacted Completed on SMS, e-mail and telephone. He shall also physically have met up in a parking garage in the workplace to Røkke at Fornebu.
the Defendant refuses straffskyld, and believes that it never has been the talk of extortion. In the course of the investigation have “ Jannik ” not been interrogate by the police. In the trial he will put all the cards on the table, he says to NRK.
– the Truth will come out when the trial starts. I look forward to explain to me. I have held on to for so long and not said a word because of the family. Loyalty is the most important thing, he says to NRK.
Used deck
NRK get lit that Røkke and “Jannik” had several meetings in the premises of the law firm the Fire in Oslo in the period utpressingsforsøket to have taken place.
MEETINGS IN the COURT AS VICTIM: Kjell Inge Røkke, is photographed during the opening of the sculpture park in Akerkvartalet, the head office of Aker at Fornebu, in 2016. According to the indictment shall Røkke have been attempted to be squeezed for money by a well-known torpedo.
Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix
“Jannik” has previously stated that he works as a professional poker player.
During one of the meetings at advokatkontoret to Kjell Inge Røkke, after the NRK know, have been asked to pull a card out of a deck of cards. The value on the card that was drawn out, it represented a sum which Iversen said mr Røkke owed to him.
Facing the NRK does not want “Jannik” to comment on the incident.
we take in court, he says to NRK.
Neither mr Røkke’s lawyer, John Christian the Fire, want to comment on the information.
Politiadvokat Terje Nedrebø Michelsen in the Oslo police confirms to NRK that these meetings at advokatkontoret has been a part of the investigation.
– Both what has been the background for the meetings, and what has been going on at the meetings, has been the theme, ” Michelsen says to NRK.
Lawyer Arild Holden, who is a partner in The law firm Fire, confirms to NRK that he was present for 15-20 minutes in the first meeting between Røkke and “Jannik”, but do not want to comment on the case further.
Holden is sued as a witness when the trial starts in the next week.
Owe on a newspaper article
Kjell Inge Røkke lawyer, John Christian the Fire, says to NRK that his client has no comment to the statements “Jannik” has come in advance of the trial.
He waits in suspense about what he will shall be alleged in the court, and will answer for himself there, ” says the Fire, to NRK.
the Lawyer points to a VG-case, from June 2017, as a backdrop for the situation that now has ended in the district court. In the case “the Battle for the secret Røkke-footage”, is mentioned both Kjell Inge Røkke and Jan Erik “Jannik” Iversen as part of a larger proceedings.
the Fire has previously stated to NRK that the article is led to utpressingsituasjonen to have occurred.
According to the lawyer, believes Røkke that it was after the VG-posting in June 2017 that Iversen brought up that it should be something uoppgjort between the two.
the Fire has previously stated that the newspaper allowed itself to use as a utpressingsmiddel against Røkke. Vg’s chief editor, Gard Steiro, reject the claim from the Fire.
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