Overview

• He accepted a process settlement at the Landgericht Innsbruck requiring a €18,000 money penalty that ends the case without a judgment once fully paid.
• Installments were approved, with the first €3,000 due on September 20, and any missed payment would automatically reopen the proceedings, according to court reporting.
• He declined a formal guilty plea but said he would take responsibility for not paying and apologized to the hotel owner and the public.
• The original invoice of about €13,827 from a late‑2021 stay has since been settled, reportedly by ex-partner Yeliz Koc after his arrest.
• He was detained on June 25 at Hamburg Airport on a European warrant, extradited to Austria in July, and released on €15,000 bail as prosecutors pursued possible severe fraud carrying up to three years in prison.