Kočner and Zsuzsová Unable to Explain Court Messages About 'Scabies' and 'Cream' That Cures It

Prosecutors in a Slovak court challenged defendants' claims that coded messages between Marian Kočner and Alena Zsuzsová referred to a skin condition. The prosecution presented evidence showing that in a February 9, 2018 message, Kočner himself decoded the term "svrab" (scabies) as a crude acronym meaning "Damn Big F***ed Up Acne Bump." Prosecutors argued that if the defendants were genuinely discussing a skin disease, no such decoding would have been necessary. The case involves Kočner, a controversial businessman facing multiple criminal charges, and Zsuzsová, who has been linked to the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová - a case that triggered massive protests and brought down the government. The prosecution's argument suggests the coded language was used to disguise criminal communications rather than discuss medical conditions.