Noah Becker asks for pain money in the amount of 15,000 euros from the AfD MEPs Jens Maier. This had insulted him in a Tweet to be racist. Now, a judgment has fallen.
Update from 15. January 2019: Due to a racist remark about Noah Becker on Twitter, the regional court of Berlin has sentenced the AfD-politician Jens Maier to pay 15,000 euros for Pain and suffering to the son of tennis star Boris Becker. A court spokesman said on Tuesday the "mirror". Added to this are therefore of interest, as well as 526,58 euros in attorney's fees.
The justification of the verdict is not in yet, the spokesman said the magazine. The judgment is not yet final.
Beckers media lawyer, Christian-Oliver Moser said the "Spiegel": "The press chamber is followed in all points of our legal position. In particular, I am pleased that the defendant is the for me from the beginning not comprehensible Argument, to have the Tweet supposedly not even written, was unsuccessful."
After racist Tweet: Becker calls for pain money of AFD members
Berlin - Because of a racist tweet Noah Becker asks for "mirror"information, 15 000 euros for Pain and suffering of the Saxon AfD members of Parliament Jens Maier. The son of tennis legend Boris Becker had been referred to Maier's Twitter Account at the beginning of January as a "small Negro". The public Prosecutor's office Dresden determines against the deputies on suspicion of insult.
The news magazine cited Becker's lawyer, Christian-Oliver Moser with the words: "we, in the light of Maier's response did nothing more than the claim for compensation." On Becker's offer, alternatively, by means of a donation of € 7,500 to a charity of the dispute, had not been addressed by the AfD's Deputy, writes the "mirror".
Maier throws Becker self-racism before
The refusal to supply is justified Maier, in a Letter to the lawyer for Becker, this had expressed "initially racist". And "the one who metes out", also had to plug it in.
The comment of the Saxon deputies, was based on an Interview, Becker said, Berlin was in comparison to London or Paris, a "white city", he himself had been attacked because of his skin color. Becker has worked in a painter's Studio in Berlin, as a DJ and is a member of a Band.
warning by the AfD Federal Executive
Maier's comment ("The little half-Negro just seems to be little attention to be paid to, otherwise his behavior could not be explained.") was later deleted. The AfD Deputy, said that the Tweet had been deducted from an employee that the employment relationship had been terminated. "This Tweet doesn't contradict my style, it reflects my ideas," said Maier. By the AfD Federal Executive Board, he was reprimanded yet.
The Saxon deputies is a member of the right national wing of the party in the Thuringian group, Chairman Björn Höcke.
dpa/AFP
Date Of Update: 16 January 2019, 00:04
