Conviction of Mortada Mansour after proving his insult to Amr Adib Mortada Mansour sentenced to one month in prison and fined 20,000 pounds

An Egyptian court issued a ruling sentencing former Zamalek Club president Mortada Mansour to one month in prison, along with a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds, following his conviction on charges of “insult and defamation” against media figure Amr Adib via social media.

The ruling was issued by the Economic Misdemeanors Court in Cairo, where Mansour was found guilty of using statements deemed offensive toward Adib through online posts.

The court also ordered Mansour to pay civil compensation amounting to 10,000 pounds, in addition to covering the legal expenses related to the case.

Mutual accusations between both sides

The details of this case go back to a series of complaints and mutual accusations between the two parties, amid escalating tension over the issue of withdrawing the land allocated for establishing a new branch of Zamalek Club in 6th of October City.

Media figure Amr Adib had previously launched strong criticism against Mortada Mansour through his program, holding him responsible for what he described as the loss of the club’s land, and referring to his tenure as a “Council of Destruction,” according to his statement.

In response, Mortada Mansour denied these statements through his official accounts, considering them inaccurate and containing “misleading claims,” and filed several legal complaints against Adib as part of the ongoing dispute between them.