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5d ago

RBB and Gelbhaar Agree on Out-of-Court Settlement After Reporting Failures

Both sides hailed the respectful resolution following RBB’s retraction of flawed reports under a Hamburg injunction against repeating disputed allegations

Stefan Gelbhaar (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
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Im Skandal um eine fehlerhafte Berichterstattung haben sich der Grünen-Politiker Stefan Gelbhaar und der Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) außergerichtlich geeinigt. Der Vergleich beinhaltet auch die Zahlung einer Geldentschädigung an Gelbhaar.

Overview

  • RBB will pay compensation to Stefan Gelbhaar as part of the agreement that ends their legal dispute over false harassment claims
  • The settlement upholds a Hamburg court injunction barring RBB from repeating several allegations deemed unverified
  • Gelbhaar had withdrawn from the Green Party’s Berlin list in January after the broadcaster’s unverified reports prompted his candidacy exit
  • Both RBB and Gelbhaar praised the negotiations as constructive and mutually satisfactory
  • The scandal triggered a Deloitte review, executive resignations at RBB and Green Party plans to overhaul its ombudsman process