Overview

• The Munich regional court ruled on April 16 that Becker must repay Pierre Uebelhack more than €200,000 plus interest and cover his legal costs.
• Becker has changed legal counsel, and her new lawyer, Michael Scheele, has lodged an appeal against the judgment.
• Scheele says a commissioned forensic analysis points to allegedly false loan agreements and has prompted a criminal complaint.
• The dispute will be reheard at the Oberlandesgericht München, with no hearing date yet scheduled.
• At issue is whether transfers from Uebelhack to Becker—part of a total of €489,869.12—were loans or gifts, with the pair giving conflicting testimony about their relationship and the intent of the payments.