Activist who died in Rome may have claimed Hungarian Justice Minister was a lesbian

Gergely Homonnay, a Hungarian opposition activist who died earlier this year, may have been involved in the Facebook posts threatening to expose Judit Varga, the Minister of Justice, with a video, Mediaworks, a Hungarian media company reports. Hungarian investigators have also asked Italian authorities for help in the investigation.

The death of Homonnay

We have reported on the sudden and strange death of Gergely Homonnay, Democratic Coalition activist in Rome in January this year. The Hungarian activist feared for his life. He talked about his fears to a friend shortly before he died on New Year’s Day. Rumours also called him out as the Devil’s Advocate.

Writer and activist Homonnay was found dead in Bananon, in a private club in Rome. After toasting to the New Year, he allegedly went down to the Turkish bath where only members can enter. He was found by the owner of the club who said that he could not breathe in the location. At noon, the owners of the club called an ambulance, but Homonnay could not be saved. He died at 1.17 PM.

Devil’s Advocate?

The devil’s advocate Facebook page published three posts about the Minister of Justice at the end of December last year (the last posts on the page since then), Index reports. The first post stated that the Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga “did not become a candidate for President of the Republic because she likes girls (as well), and there are some damning recordings of this and her role in the Völner corruption case”.

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Reaction to the posts

The author of the post then promised to “activate” and make these recordings public in January. The minister responded by saying that false posts had been published about her and by filing a complaint for defamation.

Mediaworks has now learned that Hungarian investigators believe that the posts may have been made by Homonnay. Investigators have also asked the Italian authorities for help in determining whether Homonnay was behind the posts. They have asked them to hand over the computer of the deceased man, but the Italian authorities have not complied.

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