Pop singer: Michael Wendler wants to go back to Germany

The arrest warrant against the controversial pop singer Michael Wendler has been lifted. A spokesman for the Duisburg Regional Court said on Monday. Accordingly, this had already been lifted on September 22, after the 49-year-old’s lawyer filed a complaint against the so-called arrest warrant.

Wendler did not appear as a defendant in a trial before the district court in Dinslaken in July, which is why he should be brought to trial with the arrest warrant. According to the spokesman, the regional court saw this as “not proportionate” because the singer (“It doesn’t matter”, “She loves the DJ”) was represented by his lawyer on site. For the clarification, it was therefore not necessary for Wendler to appear in court himself.

The trial against him continues, however, said the spokesman. With the arrest warrant, the German authorities would have had the opportunity to arrest Wendler. However, it was unclear whether this would even be enforced in the USA, where he currently lives.

Wendler told the “Bild” newspaper that he would now like to return to Germany: “YES – I’m coming back to Germany! Not with residence, it remains the USA, ”he announced in Monday’s report. He wants to continue making music: “I am very sure that in the coming year 2022 there will be every reason to hope to be able to work fully musically again”.

The public prosecutor’s office had accused the pop singer of having assisted in thwarting the foreclosure. Because of this, a penalty order had been issued, against which Wendler, however, lodged an objection. According to the charge in the penalty order, author’s shares in more than 150 music titles are said to have been overwritten in order to protect the assets of the original rights holder from enforcement. With the same intention, the original rights holder is said to have transferred the word mark “Michael Wendler” to him.