Overview

• On June 24, the 76-year-old chef pleaded guilty at Munich I Regional Court to insolvency concealment and fraud with pandemic relief funds under a plea deal.
• He read a statement accepting responsibility, apologizing to creditors for their losses, and revealed he authored new cookbooks behind bars to help repay debts.
• His incurable, progressive cancer has rendered him unfit for confinement and suspended his existing three-year sentence until at least mid-September.
• Including the earlier conviction for tax evasion, he faces a combined sentence of four to four years and eight months when the court issues its ruling.
• Prosecutors are evaluating how necessary medical treatments could be continued within the prison system once his trial concludes.