I take upon these non-existent crimes on myself, if you have to send someone to prison, for it to only me

According to Nika Gvaramia, he takes on "non-existent crimes" and the people accused with him sit in the courtroom only because it would not be legal for him to be charged without them:

"There are other people sitting here in the courtroom who are here, to put it bluntly, no reason at all, because I could not be charged without them. Consider that I'll have to say strange things, I'm taking non-existent crimes on myself, for if you should send anyone to prison, for it to only be me. "Nika Gvaramia addressed the judge.

Nika Gvaramia's prosecution accuses him of "abusing his authority against the legitimate interests of the broadcasting company and using a large amount of its money in his official position" while he was still the CEO of Rustavi 2. Two more people are accused along with him - Kakha Damenia and Zurab Iashvili.