His wife is a private person who has been slandered on the Internet and defends herself as a victim of hatred online and “the only thing that this part of the opposition can think of is to criticize the lawyer who provides legal protection for my wife here,” said Nehammer on Thursday.
The background: Katharina Nehammer sued a Carinthian who claimed in a Facebook post that she worked for Hygiene Austria, the company of the husband of the office manager of Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP). In addition, the man had suggested that Katharina Nehammer earned money from the company’s mask production: “Uiii there, money is being made and the good people believe it was for health” (sic!), It says in the often shared post. After a settlement, the man has to pay 3,500 euros in compensation and the legal costs. In addition, other users who shared the post received this request from lawyer Nehammers. The FPÖ and SPÖ criticized Katharina Nehammer’s approach yesterday.
His wife is not a politician and cannot help the fact that her husband has a job in which one has to accept in many ways that one is confronted with hatred on the net, said the minister on Thursday. “But as a private person you have the right to defend yourself against it,” said the minister at a media meeting in Vienna. Nehammer defended the amount of the claim to the Facebook users who shared the posting with the false report about Katharina Nehammer. “The legal procedure is determined by the expert, the lawyer, it is further below the possible range of punishment, ten percent below.” It is important to show that the Internet is not a legal vacuum.