Leonor Poeiras was already dissatisfied with the extension of the case opposing her to TVI, he represented the station for 17 years, and in which he claims compensation in excess of 1 million euros. The reason was the cancellation of the interrogation of the witness. Nuno Eiro and Nuno Santos were unable to attend for professional reasons and the session was ultimately adjourned.
However, all the witnesses involved in the trial have already been heard. At the September 28 hearing, Nuno Santos was one of the witnesses heard. He has been the program director for the last few months while the presenter was on TVI.
E Leonor Poeiras ended up being surprised by the statements made by the current CIO of TVI. and director of CNN. in the question, the host’s alleged refusal to do “Somos Portugal” for health reasons. “Due to Covid-19, I was looking for a solution with special broadcasts, no live bands. Leonor told me that she didn’t do Somos Portugal in the regular format for health reasons,” said the former director of programs, quoted by TV Mais, also mentioning that in May he invited him to take part in these special broadcasts. “Leonor disagreed. I was very surprised by the refusal, because in an emergency it was a good invitation. It was a difficult period for TVI. The advertising market fell by 60-70%. There had to be a shareholder who gave up. All people, without exception, were checked hiding places. Leonor was not pleased with the statements of the former director. Former host’s lawyer wanted to know if hosts Isabel Silva (she was on TVI at the time) and Monica Sintra had also been rescheduledto which Nuno Santos replied, “I don’t know.”
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The TV presenter was forced to dispose of the assets.
“The company looked at Leonor as someone who was ready to work,” said Nuno Santos. In May 2020, a former program director told the host that “no continuous and consistent projects were visible on the near horizon” and that he could not create “false expectations”, mainly due to the unstable phase that the channel was going through (many thousands spent due to Big Brother 2020 postponement presented by Claudio Ramos) and pandemic.
