"The designer Carmela Hontou sued journalist Nelson Fernández, current director of Subrayado (Canal 10), and the Argentine newspaper La Nación, for the news article in which they reported that she was responsible for infecting more than 20 people with COVID-19 in a wedding held in March 2020, when the disease had just arrived in Uruguay.
The lawsuit, which El Observador accessed, claims from Fernández and La Nación the sum of US$95,000 for moral damages and loss of profits.
Two years ago, representatives of Fernández and Hontou had a conciliation hearing to try to resolve the case, but no agreement was reached."
