Viennese Celebrity Lawyer Manfred Ainedter Convicted

A fine of 9,880 euros was imposed on the Viennese celebrity lawyer Manfred Ainedter, consisting of 40 daily rates of 247 euros each. Half of this fine was conditionally suspended. The verdict is not yet legally binding. Ainedter has appealed against this verdict. The Vienna Higher Regional Court (OLG) will have to deal with this appeal.

Viennese Celebrity Lawyer Manfred Ainedter Failed to Prove Truth

Ainedter was sued by the husband of the Buwog judge Marion Hohenecker because he claimed in an interview with the "Kronen Zeitung" at the end of March that Manfred Hohenecker - himself a criminal judge at the Korneuburg Regional Court - had illegally filmed his wife during the verdict announcement in the trial against Peter Westenthaler. Manfred Hohenecker did not tolerate this statement, which he considered damaging to his reputation.

The truth proof offered by Ainedter - several eyewitnesses who were present at the verdict announcement in 2017 were questioned at the regional court about whether Manfred Hohenecker had filmed with his phone - was not successful in the opinion of the first court. "He is simply not sure whether he (Hohenecker, note) filmed," the judge stated after the evidence procedure. In determining the penalty, he considered 40 daily rates to be sufficient, as the conviction alone already has a "significant effect."

"How am I supposed to prove something that cannot be proven? The instance will have to clarify that," said Manfred Ainedter after the hearing. Ainedter expressed confidence to the APA, "that the Higher Regional Court will follow my argumentation."

(APA/Red)

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