Mr. Janousek and Mr. Bem have declined to confirm or deny the transcripts' authenticity.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Neither Mr. Janousek nor Mr. Bem has been charged with any wrongdoing in connection with the conversations.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Police have charged Mr. Janousek with drunken driving and inflicting grievous bodily harm.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Mr. Bem, the former mayor, has repeatedly insisted that Mr. Janousek is merely an acquaintance and didn't improperly influence the city.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Then there is the case of Mr. Janousek, the businessman whose modern concrete villa is a stop on the Prague Crony Safari.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Mr. Janousek told reporters who showed up at the scene that he was "under stress, " apologized and offered compensation to the woman.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Mr. Janousek's lawyer didn't respond to a request for comment.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
When another bystander intervened, Mr. Janousek took off on foot.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Earlier this year, leading daily newspaper Mlada Fronta published transcripts of what it said were secretly recorded phone conversations between Mr. Janousek and the then mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, and other city officials.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
After the news broke and pressure mounted on Mr. Janousek, police said he crashed his Porsche Cayenne into another car, then ran into its driver as she tried to prevent him from leaving the scene.
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Police were assigned to guard the hospital room of the woman Mr. Janousek is accused of harming, a member of the city's Vietnamese community, after Vietnamese leaders said they feared she would be attacked in retribution.
WSJ: The Prague Crony Safari Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
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