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Trial in Augsburg: Children’s brothels in Augsburg? Pensioners convicted of defamation

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A 68-year-old had spread lies on the Internet about children’s brothels and the former mayor of Augsburg. The background was a woman’s quarrel with the youth welfare office.

In Augsburg, children would be taken from their parents and forcibly put in children’s brothels – with the knowledge of the (then) mayor Kurt Gribl and the municipal youth welfare office: Because he claimed these lies on his Facebook channel on the Internet, a 68-year-old pensioner has now been retired North Rhine-Westphalia sentenced by the Augsburg district court to a fine of 2100 euros for defamation. Against a 32-year-old friend of the man and the woman who was also accused Augsburg, who had circulated his claims on her own Internet channel, the case was dismissed.

The accused appeared like the 32-year-old housewife without a lawyer before judge Rita Greser and admitted “unprofessional behavior”. He admitted the statements. According to his statement, he has been volunteering for many years in matters of child protection and also runs a platform in Internet. He met the 32-year-old from Augsburg. The mother of five had problems in custody matters with the Augsburg youth welfare office and with the Augsburg judiciary. Together with the defendant, she came across a 45-minute video film on the Internet where one allegedly Even those affected by abuse drive through Augsburg and show alleged references to children’s brothels in front of the camera. Even in the immediate vicinity of the town hall and the former town hall police station, the man explains in court using so-called “tags” on doors, gates or walls also referred to as “graffiti”, what and how things are going in Augsburg.

Trial in Augsburg: No evidence of children’s brothels

Because his friend from Augsburg was afraid of the youth welfare office when she stood before the delivery of her fifth child, he published his statement in May 2019, according to the 68-year-old defendant. He ruefully admitted to Judge Greser his negligence in the matter of journalistic due diligence. Yes, it would have been appropriate to find out about the credibility of the source before publication and to ask those involved, even attacked persons such as Mayor Gribl or the management of the Augsburg Youth Welfare Office, to comment on the allegations.

He and the accused had to be instructed by the judge that in this country no one was “stolen” by authorities, as they wrote, but that there were custody orders.

Several witnesses from the Augsburg criminal police and the municipal youth welfare office confirmed to the court that there had been no evidence of children’s brothels in Augsburg in the past few decades. Yes, as one youth welfare activist thought, there have been isolated cases where a 13-year-old girl, still a child, prostituted herself. Two 15-year-old prostitutes from Bulgaria, i.e. already young people, were also picked up once in a Lechhausen brothel, but that was the exception. “As far as I know, there have never been children’s brothels here,” said the youth protection agency, “and if so, then I would have known.” The said film about children’s brothels in Augsburg has been on the Internet for ten years. The allegations there went through the media years ago and by police and authorities have been checked. Nothing could be confirmed.

That is the verdict in the court process in Augsburg

At the initiative of the judge, the proceedings against the 32-year-old co-defendant were discontinued. According to the judge, her statement on the Internet “The truth is finally coming to light” can actually be related to her personal situation and not just to the allegation in the matter of children’s brothels. In addition, the 32-year-old only received a fine on Monday: she had got a penalty warrant because she had insulted another judge, appealed against it, but was then to process did not show up.

Judge Greser sentenced the 68-year-old to a fine of 2100 euros for defamation. The defendant accepted the verdict in the courtroom.

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