Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar has admitted he was lured into a “honey trap” by his former girlfriend, and has rejected allegations of drug use. Magyar says Viktor Orbán’s government orchestrated the operation using secret service methods.
Magyar’s Tisza Party is the main challenger to Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz in Hungary’s April elections, and is currently leading in the polls. The election campaign has lately intensified with personal attacks on activists and candidates, as well as the use of deepfake videos.
On Tuesday, photos of a room with a bed began circulating online, with suggestions they are connected to a sex tape featuring Magyar.
In a social media video shared Thursday afternoon, the opposition leader admitted he visited the apartment in the picture in August 2024 after a party, and had consensual sex with his ex-girlfriend.
“That night I didn’t realise that I was facing a secret service operation, so I let myself be seduced,” Magyar said.
“But later I realised that I had walked into a classic Russia-style compromising situation. But since I had not done anything illegal, my conscience is clear.”
