He claims it was poking fun. The court found differently.
> Bendels claimed the meme, posted by his newspaper's X account, was satirical.
> But the judge in the case said during the verdict that Bendels published a 'deliberately untrue and contemptuous statement about Interior Minister Ms. Faeser (...) that would not be recognizable to the unbiased reader and is likely to significantly impair her public work'.
> Bendels claimed the meme, posted by his newspaper's X account, was satirical.
> But the judge in the case said during the verdict that Bendels published a 'deliberately untrue and contemptuous statement about Interior Minister Ms. Faeser (...) that would not be recognizable to the unbiased reader and is likely to significantly impair her public work'.