Overview

• The Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt imposed two consecutive orders totaling twelve days of Ordnungshaft on Giuseppe Sumrain, known as Fat Comedy, after finding he breached injunctions five times by reposting the 2022 slap video.
• Judges ruled that Sumrain exploited the footage to boost his own media profile and perpetuate Oliver Pocher’s public humiliation, concluding that fines alone failed to secure compliance.
• Under German enforcement law, Ordnungshaft replaces monetary penalties when repeated contempt indicates that errors cannot be corrected through fines.
• Oliver Pocher’s attorney, Dr. Patricia Cronemeyer, described the ruling as a vital affirmation of personality-rights protections for victims of online defamation.
• Fat Comedy’s lawyer, Burkhard Benecken, said his client now understands that online content must respect personal dignity and will determine when to begin serving the detention term.