"Prolongation"

Next trial for LASK star Jerome Boateng

Jérôme Boateng

(Bild: AFP/APA/Christof STACHE)

Although Jérôme Boateng does not have to appear in court in person today, a case in which the LASK star has already been convicted is being dealt with in Berlin!

With the words "The ink is dry", LASK announced the arrival of Jérôme Boateng on social media on May 31. One day later, the following post was published: "The ink is also dry on Kasia Lenhardt's death certificate!"

What was meant was the drama surrounding the ex-partner of the former Bayern star. His interview about the end of their relationship resulted in a tsunami of cyberbullying attacks against the model. Before the 25-year-old took her own life on February 9, 2021, her son's 6th birthday, and subsequently became the most googled deceased person in Germany this year.

Shows the force of the case. Investigations into Boateng, for whom the presumption of innocence naturally applies, are still ongoing. Despite this, the LASK star was already sentenced in the case on November 29, 2022 in a media trial sought by Lenhardt's mother to refrain from making a claim about the deceased. Namely this: "Her lies, her fake social media accounts, which she used to spread lies and cause trouble."

However, the Civil Chamber 27 of the Berlin Regional Court dismissed other claims as unfounded. Lenhardt's mother has appealed against this. The trial is therefore going into "extra time" today.

Unlike the case in Munich, in which Boateng was convicted of intentional bodily harm to the mother of his twins on July 19, the 35-year-old, whose sporting and human input LASK coach Thomas Darazs recently called "outstanding", does not have to appear in court in person in Berlin. Nevertheless, the case is highly interesting even for legal experts. As it concerns the question of the conditions under which a claim for injunctive relief for violation of post-mortem personality rights exists?