Title: Director Charbel Khalil Fined for Damages to Elissa

The single penal judge in Kesrouan, George Habika, issued a default judgment convicting director and writer Charbel Khalil in a lawsuit filed against him by the artist Elissa. He was found guilty of the offenses stipulated in Articles 582 and 584 of the Penal Code. Following the merger of the offenses, he was fined 400,000 Lebanese pounds and ordered to pay 400 million Lebanese pounds to the plaintiff as compensation for damages, including all fees and expenses. It is noteworthy that the lawsuit stemmed from a complaint filed by Elissa against Khalil, who published a tweet on his account on Twitter that included insults, defamation, and slander against the artist, constituting the elements of the crimes outlined in the aforementioned articles.