Tuesday in the District Court, Prachtsaal 100. Call for file number 27 O 339/21. Adam and Eve are carved in stone above the door. That fits. It’s about the tragic end of a love affair.
By Anne Losensky
Her: Katarzyna “Kasia” Lenhardt (25). Beautiful (GNTM finalist 2012). Influencer (280,000 followers). Intelligent (business student). mother (one child).
He: Jerome Boateng (33). Professional soccer player (WM victory 2014). Celebrity Star (FC Bayern Munich, Olympique Lyon). Father (three children by two wives).
Society darlings become a couple. After 15 months, it will be over at the beginning of February 2021. He doesn’t mince his words when he talks about her and his reasons. She takes her own life.
Now the model’s mother wants Boateng to apologize publicly for what he said badly about his ex before her death. So that it can be deleted from the Internet. So that the model’s son and four younger siblings can grow up carefree.
Neither the mother nor the footballer come to the process. You let lawyers do the talking. If the model were still alive, the footballer would have to prove that everything he said bad about her at the time is true.
But the model is dead. In post-mortem personality rights, the mother must now prove that her daughter was very different from what was claimed. According to the judge, only serious violations of human dignity that really distort a person’s image of life violate personal rights even after death.
With Boateng’s statements about “her lies”, “fake social media accounts”, “alcohol problems” that seems to be the case, says the judge: “This picture drawn by him devalues the woman as a whole. But it is only distortion if it deviates massively from the facts.”
The footballer’s lawyer: “He doesn’t want a fight with the family. We have repeatedly expressed regret and no interest in repeating statements made. We suggest a face-to-face meeting.”
The mother’s lawyer: “I’m happy to pass it on, but the mother expects a public apology for what was said.” The footballer’s lawyer: “We’re hearing that here for the first time!” The judges will only announce a decision in seven weeks.
reporting of suicide
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