Overview

• RBB agreed to pay Stefan Gelbhaar €900,000, including €500,000 for pain and suffering and €400,000 for lost earnings.
• The broadcaster invoked a confidentiality clause to withhold settlement details from its own supervisory councils.
• At least part of the sum will be covered by licence-fee revenue, prompting concern among fee payers.
• The journalists responsible for the original false broadcast remain employed, and former editor-in-chief David Biesinger now heads the programming resources department.
• The Berlin regional court is set to rule next Wednesday on Patricia Schlesinger’s pension claim and RBB’s €13.7 million counterclaim.