Legal dispute: “I gambled” – Böhmermann calls in bailiffs in opposition to AfD politician Krah | EUROtoday

This is the short-term finish of the authorized dispute between satirist Jan Böhmermann and AfD politician Maximilian Krah. The member of the Bundestag took a lot time to pay the ZDF presenter’s debt that he known as in a bailiff in January to provoke enforcement proceedings. “I don’t just have 5,000 euros lying around,” Krah defended himself to T-Online. However, he transferred the cash earlier than the bailiff’s message. “I never go into the red zone, but I do go into the yellow zone.”

The background to the method had been statements made by Böhmermann in his podcast “Fest & Fluschig” from October 5, 2024. In it, the satirist reported that the “top TikTok fascist” Krah had celebrated, amongst others, alongside the previous FPÖ politician Heinz-Christian Strache on the invitation of a Frankfurt entrepreneur within the Käfer tent on the Oktoberfest. The AfD politician ordered 200 bottles of champagne to ask the entire tent. However, the order was canceled by the Oktoberfest host Michael Käfer, which led to boos within the path of the then European MP.

Maximilian Krah then denied the champagne order. “I cannot confirm the situation,” a spokeswoman for entrepreneur Michael Käfer advised “T-Online”. There was an order for a number of bottles of champagne, however it had nothing to do with the AfD politician. The Oktoberfest host “did not dare to undertake any act of anti-fascist resistance,” she emphasised. Rather, Käfer solely came upon afterwards that Krah had been within the tent. Böhmermann then reported once more that his supply contradicted Käfer’s account. A “very large order of champagne” was obtained from Krah’s field, though the witness was uncertain whether or not it was “more like 149 or 20,000 bottles”.

In complete, the ZDF presenter added present developments to the podcast version 4 occasions. Maximilian Krah nonetheless wished to have the satirist’s statements banned by an interim injunction. However, the AfD politician failed in his injunction motion earlier than the Düsseldorf regional courtroom in December 2024. Due to the corrections in “Firm & Fluffy” there isn’t any want for urgency. In addition, Böhmermann didn’t make any statements of his personal, however merely quoted a letter. “To this day I still think the verdict is grossly wrong because it makes it so easy to get away with slander,” Krah later assessed Böhmermann’s statements.

The present member of the Bundestag appealed in opposition to the decision, however his attraction failed on March 13, 2025. This meant that the Düsseldorf regional courtroom’s ruling was remaining and Krah was pressured to pay the procedural prices. However, he didn’t comply, which Böhmermann made public final June. “The right-wing extremist (and AfD member of the Bundestag) Maximilian K. has lost two court cases he initiated against me,” he wrote on the social networks Mastodon and Blue Sky, “and now owes me A LOT of money. Unfortunately, the Nazi has been in hiding for months.”

On November 20, 2025, the Düsseldorf Regional Court decided to find out prices. Accordingly, Krah needed to pay 4,779.56 euros plus curiosity. But the AfD politician additionally took his time with this. “I gambled,” he defined in an interview with “T-Online”. As a lawyer, he knew “how long the wait will be,” he added. Last week he transferred a sum of 5,053.28 euros to Böhmermann – from his son’s account. He was afraid to switch the quantity himself as a result of he feared dropping his financial institution particulars if the satirist made them public.

Böhmermann commented on the method on the finish of December in “2025 Can Go! The Year in Review” on the “WDR 5 Satire Deluxe” format by Axel Naumer and Henning Bornemann. “The fascist owes me money,” the ZDF presenter defined there in reference to the AfD politician. “This morning I received the good news from my lawyer that I have obtained an enforceable title against the right-wing extremist Maximilian Krah.” If Krah doesn’t pay him the sum in query inside 14 days, he can “collect it through compulsory enforcement,” Böhmermann continued there.

On Tuesday, Böhmermann commented on the authorized dispute once more through Instagram. It stated the “bubbly fascist” owed him cash. “So I obtained a court order against him and at the beginning of January I instructed the bailiff to carry out the enforcement.” The day earlier than, the sum had ‘arrived’ after virtually a 12 months. “Look how a real, proud German pays his debts.” However, Krah has not but paid the enforcement prices of 170 euros, the satirist complained in one other Instagram story.

Meanwhile, Krah introduced the following authorized dispute through X. On Tuesday, CDU politician Roderich Kiesewetter was a visitor in Markus Lanz’s speak format. There he condemned the AfD’s remigration plans. Former European MP Krah is looking on 21 million folks to remigrate on the TikTookay platform. “That is of course absurd,” stated the off-duty colonel, “because there are millions of German citizens there. That’s why we have to be careful not to play with numbers here, but to make it clear: of course we have a migration challenge, but our main problem is to improve integration.”

The AfD member of the Bundestag noticed himself defamed by the protection politician’s statements. “Kiesewetter blatantly slanders me to Markus Lanz,” Krah complained about his X account. “I will take him to court for an injunction and file a criminal complaint for defamation of a political figure. What a poor sausage!”