So that he appears in court, an arrest warrant has been issued against pop singer Michael Wendler. However, the controversial artist lives in the USA.
Because the controversial pop singer Michael Wendler did not appear as a defendant in a trial, a district court now wants him to be brought to trial with an arrest warrant.
The Dinslaken court issued a so-called arrest warrant on Tuesday, which is valid until Wendler (“It doesn’t matter”, “She loves the DJ”) complies with his summons in court. According to a spokesman, the court had been duly invited to the court dates that were postponed several times and is now absent without excuse. It is unclear whether such an arrest warrant will even be carried out in the USA, he added.
The prosecutor accuses the 49-year-old, who now lives in the United States, of having assisted in thwarting a foreclosure. Because of this, a penalty order had been issued, against which Wendler, however, appealed. Therefore, after several postponed appointments, it came to trial.
Wendler is said to have been overwritten – according to the charge in the penalty order – author’s shares in more than 150 music titles 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.
According to the court, the penalty order amounts to six months imprisonment on probation. As a probation condition, 100,000 euros are provided to the state treasury. His lawyer did not comment on the allegations when asked. The presumption of innocence applies until a conviction.
On the eve of the trial, Wendler’s lawyer had requested that his mandate be released from the obligation to come to Dinslaken in person. However, the court did not comply. The public prosecutor then applied for an arrest warrant.
The pop singer, who lives in the USA, caused a scandal in October 2020 because he accused the federal government of “gross and serious violations of the constitution” in the corona crisis. In addition, he accused television stations – including his home broadcaster RTL at the time – of being “synchronized”. RTL immediately distanced itself and called Wendler a conspiracy theorist.
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