Kachelmann takes legal action against Swiss media
Meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann, who is currently in pretrial detention in Germany on suspicion of rape, is threatening to sue the Swiss media. He is objecting to the coverage over the past three weeks.
This is reported by the Sonntagszeitung in its current issue. Kachelmann's media lawyer Ralf Höcker is quoted as saying that around ten warnings have been sent to Swiss media. According to Höcker, these include newspapers of the Blick Group from the publishing house Ringier, as well as 20 Minuten and Berner Zeitung from Tamedia, to which the Sonntagszeitung also belongs.
The publications had quoted from the investigation files of the public prosecutor's office or reported on alleged private text messages of the TV meteorologist to pop singer Indira. Höcker is quoted in the Sunday newspaper as saying that both constitute a serious infringement of his client's personal rights. So far, Höcker has not received any reactions from Switzerland. The media concerned must expect to hear from Höcker again. Höcker still reserves the right to take legal action against Swiss media. The cases are so clear that they would go through "like a hot knife through butter.
The publications had quoted from the investigation files of the public prosecutor's office or reported on alleged private text messages of the TV meteorologist to pop singer Indira. Höcker is quoted in the Sunday newspaper as saying that both constitute a serious infringement of his client's personal rights. So far, Höcker has not received any reactions from Switzerland. The media concerned must expect to hear from Höcker again. Höcker still reserves the right to take legal action against Swiss media. The cases are so clear that they would go through "like a hot knife through butter.
