“My best interest would have been for them to impose a fine or drop the case entirely,” said defendant Nino Datashvili in response to prosecutor Medea Tsiramua, who stated during the court hearing that the decision on an outpatient psychiatric evaluation was made in the best interest of the defendant.

As Datashvili explained, the defense submitted information about her health condition to the court to ensure that imprisonment would not be used as a preventive measure against her.

According to her, the diagnosis of "emotional lability" is common among all pregnant women and individuals in the post-operative period.

Earlier, prosecutor Medea Tsiramua submitted a motion to include a psychiatric evaluation report issued by the Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau in the case and to add two experts, Tamar Nikolozishvili and David Maghradze, to the list of persons to be questioned.

“As a prisoner, do I no longer have rights? Can information about my health be requested from a clinic without my consent? In my opinion, the prosecutor is biased and not objective.

It is unclear what ‘my best interest’ means, as the prosecutor mentions when talking about me, because my best interest would have been a fine or even release for one month, as I requested, so I could spend time with my child preparing for university entrance exams and be there to support them. We submitted the medical certificate so they would take into account that I needed spinal surgery, and I wanted this to be considered. The ‘accompanying condition’—psycho-emotional lability—can indeed apply to anyone. For example, it’s a standard phrase for pregnant women and others. It was on this basis that they ordered the compulsory psychiatric evaluation. As for stigma—I have no stigma whatsoever. On the contrary, they were the ones appealing to this issue,” Datashvili stated.

For context, Nino Datashvili was detained on June 20 due to an incident that occurred on June 9 at the Tbilisi City Court. She was charged under Article 353, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which pertains to an attack on a public servant during the performance of their official duties.

This offense provides for a penalty in the form of a fine or imprisonment ranging from 4 to 7 years.