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Péter Magyar filed a police report on Thursday concerning a video allegedly recorded without his knowledge during a sexual encounter with his ex-girlfriend, accusing the Hungarian government of orchestrating the incident to undermine his political campaign.
The opposition leader claimed his former girlfriend lured him to a Budapest flat in August 2024 following a party, where their consensual encounter was secretly recorded using what he described as “secret service means”.
Magyar characterised the incident as a “honey trap” operation.
“In Europe, it is unprecedented that a ruling party wants to discredit, blackmail and disable its main political challenger by recording his sexual acts using prohibited methods and threatening to make the recordings public,” Magyar said.
Magyar leads the Tisza Party, the primary challenger to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz Party ahead of parliamentary elections in April. Recent polling shows Tisza ahead of Fidesz, which has held power since 2010.
‘The authorities must investigate’
Magyar’s police report alleges “unauthorised secret information collection” and “unauthorised use of a concealed device”, both criminal offences under Hungarian law. He also claims his personal data was misused.
“The authorities must also investigate who ordered the crimes. I will help: they should be searching the government headquarters,” Magyar added, directly implicating the Orbán administration.
The Hungarian electoral campaign has grown increasingly heated, marked by personal accusations, physical altercations and the circulation of deepfake videos.
On Tuesday, photographs of a bedroom began circulating online with suggestions they were connected to a sex tape featuring Magyar. Both he and his ex-girlfriend confirmed on Thursday that such a recording exists, but it has not yet been published.
A Fidesz representative stated earlier that the governing party had no knowledge of the video or the circulated photographs. The Hungarian government has not yet responded to requests for comment.
Magyar said this week that the government is trying to cover up reports about toxic leaks in the Samsung battery factory in Göd. According to press reports, the presence of toxic heavy metals at the facility exceeded health standards several times, and the government failed to act.