Overview
- Wittmann’s legal team says it has filed a criminal complaint and begun civil action seeking a cease-and-desist against those behind the posters and their online distribution.
- Supporters handed out and displayed the flyers during Saturday’s 3-1 home win over RB Leipzig, with text accusing Wittmann of manipulating 85-year-old patron Dietmar Hopp and labeling him a “grandparent scammer.”
- His lawyer argues a circulated ultra video that uses crosshairs could be interpreted as a call to violence and constitutes a serious breach of personality and image rights.
- The lawyers criticize TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for failing to prevent distribution in and around the stadium, and the club has yet to issue a public response.
- The clash comes during an internal power struggle that preceded the exit of two managing directors and followed a stadium ban on Wittmann that he blocked via an interim injunction before appearing at the ground with Hopp.