Overview

• Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht was arrested at Hamburg Airport on June 25 under an international warrant for an unpaid hotel bill from his 2021 birthday stay in Tirol.
• Yeliz Koc settled the outstanding invoice on June 27, but Austrian authorities say the payment does not eliminate the ongoing fraud investigation.
• The Innsbruck prosecutor’s office has charged him with suspected serious fraud over the unpaid bill at the Sonne Hotel in Kirchberg.
• A Hamburg court denied his release, citing flight risk, and the extradition process before the Hanseatic Oberlandesgericht could last several weeks.
• Ochsenknecht has publicly thanked Koc for her ‘selfless help,’ disputed reports of additional accusations, and urged fair coverage of the case.