Overview

• Officers conducted court-ordered searches around 6:30 a.m. at her Berlin apartment, her mother’s home in Leipzig, and an address in Oranienburg.
• The warrant was issued by the Amtsgericht Tiergarten at the request of the Berlin prosecutor’s office, which is investigating suspected false accusation.
• Police used a ram to enter her Berlin residence after she did not open the door, and she was found inside.
• Investigators seized mobile phones and other data carriers that will undergo forensic analysis.
• Authorities have not identified any real police officer as the sender of the WhatsApp message, and the 28-year-old man searched in Oranienburg is not a policeman.