Overview

• The Hamburg Higher Regional Court ruled on July 7 that Ochsenknecht can be extradited to Austria, and the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office immediately approved his transfer under a European arrest warrant.
• The 33-year-old actor was arrested at Hamburg Airport on June 25 over allegations that he failed to pay a nearly €14,000 bill from a 2021 birthday stay in a Tirol hotel.
• On June 30, his ex-partner Yeliz Koc paid the outstanding invoice on his behalf, but Austrian authorities have kept the fraud investigation open.
• Under the extradition order, he must be handed over within ten days of approval and was placed in a prison transport bound for Innsbruck on July 8.
• Media outlets continue to speculate about his involvement in ProSieben’s reality show 'Forsthaus Rampensau Germany,' with no official confirmation of his casting status.