Former ‘Alma’ actress Anna F. is accused of ‘assault’ and ‘sexual harassment’. The attacks are said to have happened to a playing partner during the performance at the Südbahnhotel on August 4, 2023. The accused actress suspects that director Paulus Manker is behind it, but he does not want “the slightest thing” to do with it.
As the “Krone” reported, the Wiener Neustadt public prosecutor’s office has filed a criminal complaint against actress Anna F. (not the singer, editor’s note). The ex-‘Alma’ actress will have to appear before the Neunkirchen court on May 6 for ‘assault’ and ‘sexual harassment’ – threatened with a prison sentence of up to one year.
Manker is called as a witness in the trial
The accusations relate to the action on August 4, 2023, which was preceded by a police operation at the Südbahnhotel in Semmering (Lower Austria). The hotel owner at the time hired security to prevent the public from entering. According to the public prosecutor, Anna F. allegedly pushed a flaming torch into a colleague’s face during the performance. It is also said that she bit him on the bottom during a bed scene, causing him to be injured and sexually harassed.
Mrs. F. expressed the suspicion to the “Krone” that it was a return coach from Paulus Manker. In a TV documentary she accused the director of abuse of power, and in the spring of 2024 the two faced each other as opponents in a civil lawsuit.
“A lack of taste”
The controversial 66-year-old is now called as a witness. He does not want to accept the suspicion expressed: “It is absurd to believe that I could initiate a criminal prosecution by the Public Prosecution Service without being in the least involved.”
And the bite on the buttocks was not part of his production: “You don’t seriously believe that I would impose such bad taste on actors and that an actor would endure such serious bodily harm without defending himself – “That the biting The scene always took place, even before and after August 4, say all those involved, including the victim,” replies Manfred Ainedter, the actress’s lawyer.
Advertisement only a year after the performance
Surprisingly, the playing partner only reported this after a year. And: According to Ainedter, Manker proactively wrote to various media representatives to inform them about the criminal complaint and the court hearing.
Source: Krone
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