Overview

• On June 25, German authorities arrested Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht at Hamburg Airport under a European warrant for an unpaid hotel invoice dating back to December 2021 in Tirol.
• His management reports that the €14,000 debt has been settled, but the Innsbruck Staatsanwaltschaft continues to probe him for suspected fraud.
• He spent the night in a single cell at Hamburg’s Holstenglacis detention center and remains in Auslieferungshaft pending the court’s decision.
• Austrian prosecutors justified the arrest warrant by citing both flight risk and unclear residency after Ochsenknecht listed an Italian address where he was not registered.
• His lawyer, Dr. Sebastian Skradde, describes the case as a misunderstanding and expects Ochsenknecht to resume his work once the payment is officially confirmed.