On February 8, the criminal case against ex-castle actor Florian Teichtmeister, who is accused of possessing tens of thousands of files containing images of child abuse, should have been expanded. But the suspect was “acutely ill”. It has been clear since Tuesday: the confessing mime artist can negotiate again. There is no trial date yet. The “crown” knows why.
Judge Stefan Apostol would actually like to seek an expert opinion on the disease. Now it is clear: the actor can negotiate again. “It was communicated that there was a capacity to stand trial,” said court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn. And adds that there is no trial date yet. “There are other circumstances that need to be clarified,” Salzborn said in an interview with Krone. Apostol had come to the conclusion that further investigation into the cause was needed and therefore ordered it.
Burgtheater flashed away
On Tuesday it was also announced that the Burgtheater has not been given access to the files in the criminal proceedings against Teichtmeister. From the point of view of the court, there is no sufficiently legitimate legal interest of the Burgtheater that would go beyond “mere economic interests”. Teichtmeister’s former employer, who had been a member of the ensemble at the Burg since December 1, 2019 and was dismissed without notice on January 13, 2023 after the criminal charges against him had become known, had requested access to the files to determine the position of Burgtheater GmbH in future labor tribunal or civil law to strengthen procedures.
“Significant financial damage”
According to this, the Burgtheater claimed that Teichtmeister’s dismissal without notice had caused “considerable financial damage”. The management is “obliged to protect the legal interests of Burgtheater GmbH and to clarify to what extent you are entitled to claims against the accused”.
The court file would reveal “the time, extent and nature of the defendant’s knowledge of the charge and his responsibility in the criminal proceedings”. Therefore, access to the file was requested on behalf of Burgtheater GmbH in order to clarify the position on strengthening the enforcement of legal claims.
No legal interest
Last Friday, the regional court did not follow the Burgtheater’s request because the alleged legal interest in accessing the files was – at least at the moment – “not specific”. No civil proceedings are pending between Burgtheater GmbH and Teichtmeister. “The mere idea that there may be a civil trial in the future does not sufficiently satisfy the requirement of specificity,” the court order said.
Incidentally, the regional court refers to the “massive media coverage” in the Causa Teichtmeister, “as a result of which essential information from the criminal file is also publicly circulated. The time, extent and nature of the knowledge of the accused of the offense charged and his responsibility recognized in principle in the criminal process can already be found in a large number of media reports”.
Finally, it is stated that the statement that the evidence and thus the legal position of the Burgtheater would improve with knowledge of the entire content of the files was “too unfounded” and the given legal interest was therefore “not made sufficiently credible”.
Source: Krone
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