Members of the Romanian traffic police found them fighting on the shoulder of the motorway; Stan's face was visibly bruised and she was taken to the hospital.

Several hearings in Constanța Court were scheduled as part of the lawsuit; during one, Prodan testified that he had acted in self-defense after Stan hit him in his car and threatened to commit suicide.

While Stan's accusations of blackmail and bodily harm were deemed groundless by the judges in 2014, Prodan received a seven-month suspended sentence for common assault in February 2016 and was fined damages.

[2] On 21 December 2016, the court denied Stan's accusations due to the lack of evidence; however, Prodan's sentence was confirmed and his fines increased to €25,000.

[8][9] Policemen saw the singer and Prodan fighting in a car on the shoulder of the motorway; Stan had facial bruises, which served as visible evidence of physical assault, and was subsequently taken to Spitalul Clinic Judeţean de Urgenţă Constanţa (Constanța County Emergency Hospital).

[8] During her hospitalization, Stan filed a lawsuit against Prodan and Maan Studio for blackmail, bodily harm, common assault and robbery at Constanța court.

[10][13] Retrospectively, in a 2021 interview, the singer revealed that Prodan and Nemirschi had lied to her on numerous occasions about her concert incomes early into her career and rewarded her poorly.

Prodan testified that Stan had said she wanted to commit suicide and opened the door to jump out of the car; he grabbed her hand and stopped.

[17] On 19 February 2016, Prodan received a seven-month suspended sentence for common assault and was ordered to pay Stan €193 for medical care and €10,000 in damages.

[2] In a 2021 interview, Stan said she was dissatisfied with the lawsuit's outcome since she felt that Prodan's sentence did not equal to his felony and its negative impact on her career.

"[8] The incident and its media coverage resulted in national discussions related to and in tightening the Romanian law concerning the restraining order in situations involving domestic violence.