Overview

• Attorney Walter Holderle said the parents withdrew with immediate effect, accusing the court of yielding the conduct of hearings to the defense and enabling a self‑promotional performance that disparages police, prosecutors, and the previous chamber.
• Court spokesperson Cornelia Sattelberger said the filing had not yet been entered into the case file and indicated a statement would follow.
• The case was restarted about a week and a half ago under the Landgericht Traunstein, with sessions held at the Amtsgericht Laufen for space reasons.
• A 2024 conviction of defendant Sebastian T. was overturned by the Federal Court of Justice over bias concerns about the former presiding judge, and later doubts about a key witness led to the arrest warrant being lifted in the summer, leaving the defendant free pending trial.
• Prosecutors maintain he attacked the student and threw her into the Prien, whereas the defense argues an accident, used its opening to criticize the earlier judge and investigators, and called the parents’ accusations unacceptable and off‑base.