Viru County Court on Friday acquitted Marti Kuusik, former Estonian minister of foreign trade and information technology, on domestic violence charges.
0 >President Kersti Kaljulaid vacated the Riigikogu chamber when it was Marti Kuusik s turn to take the oath of office. Source: Anna Aurelia Minev/ERR
President Kersti Kaljulaid has made a public apology to a former Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) minister whose April 2019 Riigikogu inauguration she snubbed. The minister, Marti Kuusik, was facing media allegations of domestic violence at the time, and held office for just two days as a result of the reports. A first-tier court acquitted Kuusik of the domestic violence charges Friday. The spring before last, I vacated the Riigikogu s hall when Marti Kuusik came to take the oath of office, The president wrote on her social media account Friday.
The trial of former Estonian minister of foreign trade and IT Marti Kuusik (EKRE), who is accused of domestic violence, is to continue next year, regional newspaper Virumaa Teataja reported.
Litigation was scheduled to take place on December 21; however, spokesperson for the Viru County Court Kristi Ehrlich said that the trial will not continue on that date. We ll be able to say on December 21 when the litigation procedure will be conducted, she added.
Altogether ten hearings, including the preliminary hearing, have been carried out to date in Kuusik s trial. Statements by the victim, Kuusik, and witnesses of both the prosecutor and the defense counsel have been heard.