Open hotel bill: Allegations from Austria: Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht arrested

The actor and musician Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht was arrested at Hamburg Airport. This was confirmed by his management and the Innsbruck public prosecutor. At first “Bild” and RTL reported. According to the Austrian public prosecutor’s office, it is about the invoice of a Tyrolean hotel of around 14,000 euros, which was not paid in December 2021, and has now been paid, as a spokesman for Ochsenknecht Management said. In the later Wednesday afternoon, the 33-year-old was still at the airport. Ochsenknecht spoke on Instagram of a “misunderstanding”. “We are clarifying.”

His management presented the situation as follows: If the Innsbruck public prosecutor confirms the paid invoice, Ochsenknecht will be released again.

Public prosecutor sees the risk of escape

But from the public prosecutor’s point of view, the matter is not yet done with the subsequent payment, as a spokeswoman for the authority of the German Press Agency said. There is still a suspicion of fraud against Ochsenknecht. The reason for the arrest warrant is “risk of escape and act,” said the spokeswoman. Because Ochsenknecht gave the public prosecutor an Italian address where he was neither reported nor was it found. The German judiciary must now decide on a possible delivery to Austria.

Civil law proceedings against Ochsenknecht already concluded

Previously, a civil law procedure against Ochsenknecht had been carried out because of the unpaid hotel bill, as the Innsbruck district court had already confirmed at the end of 2024. After Ochsenknecht had neither appeared on the process nor had commented on the matter, it was decided in favor of the hotel, as it was said.

The former children’s star (“Die Wilden Kerle”) was most recently seen in reality formats on television – including in the family show “These Oxenknechts”.