The court case began in September but hearings had been held behind closed doors until today, when Judge Aleksandra Orzechowska opened the session to the public. Two former colleagues of Nawrocki gave evidence. The president himself is due to appear before the court in January.
Natasza Geldon, who worked at the Grand Hotel in Sopot in 2006 and 2007, testified that one evening she noticed Nawrocki leading a man and a woman into the hotel, then taking only the woman into an elevator and returning alone. She said this struck her as unusual because staff were not supposed to escort guests, 'let alone take them upstairs'.
'When Karol came back downstairs, I asked him what was going on,' Geldon said, as quoted by broadcaster TVP. 'He said it was possible to make some extra money by bringing girls in, and asked if I wanted to join in.' She refused, telling the court that, 'as a young girl, 19 years old, I had the impression that a pimp had been coming in with a prostitute.' Under questioning, she said she did not know whether the woman was a prostitute, describing it as 'just that one incident'.
A second witness, Łukasz Franczak, described as a longtime friend of Nawrocki who worked alongside him in hotel security, testified that there had been prostitutes in the hotel but that he had not heard of any organised operation to supply them to guests, nor had he witnessed Nawrocki procuring prostitutes or discussing payment for them, Onet reported.
Franczak's testimony was welcomed by Nawrocki's former national security advisor, Sławomir Cenckiewicz, who said it showed those making claims against the president have no evidence of his involvement.
Nawrocki sued Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP), the publisher of Onet, after it reported in May 2025 that he had 'participated in bringing prostitutes for guests' while working as a security guard. Nawrocki, a conservative candidate aligned with the right-wing opposition, called the report a 'pack of lies' and went on to narrowly defeat rival Rafał Trzaskowski in the election. RASP has stood by its reporting, calling it 'factual'. Judge Orzechowska ordered Nawrocki to testify directly, either in person or remotely, at the next hearing on 18 January 2027.