Overview

• Judges set the payment under a diversion-style settlement payable in up to six installments within six months, with proceedings to resume if he defaults.
• Prosecutors pursued suspected severe fraud carrying up to three years in prison, while he told the court he accepts responsibility for not paying.
• The underlying bill of about €13,800–€14,000 from a 2021 Tirol stay was covered after his June arrest by ex-partner Yeliz Koc, which did not stop the case.
• He was arrested in Hamburg on a European warrant, moved through multiple German prisons, extradited to Austria, and later freed on €15,000 bail.
• The brief hearing drew strong media interest as he apologized to the hotelier and the public, and the outcome avoids a criminal-record entry if he pays.