Review for Sebastian Kurz: A multi -million dollar process ends!

Review for Sebastian Kurz: A multi -million dollar process ends!

Wien, Österreich - ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz was acquitted on May 26, 2025 by the Vienna Higher Regional Court as part of an appeal hearing. This acquittal concerns an earlier conviction for false statements in the Ibiza investigation committee. The Higher Regional Court thus highlighted the first instance judgment, which had been sentenced to eight months of imprisonment. The judge found that the objective fact of the wrong evidence was not fulfilled, since briefly was actually involved in the appointment of the Supervisory Board of State Holding ÖBAG. The indictment had accused him of giving him the impression that he hadn't been involved.

The process extended over twelve trial days, and the criminal complaint had a scope of 108 pages. During the negotiation, Kurz said that "everything had collapsed", and regretted the legally binding conviction of his former head of cabinet, Bernhard Bonelli, who was sentenced for six months. Bonelli had revealed that Siegfried Wolf was the favorite for briefly on the supervisory board, which he had not intentionally failed for, as the judge stated.

Financial consequences of the procedure

The total costs of the procedure, including the legal fees, are estimated at around one million euros. In short, it himself expressed that such costs for someone with a normal employment relationship were unaffordable. The legal fees were 550 euros per hour. Although he did not want to give an exact number of legal fees, Kurz said that they were actually one million euros.

The ÖVP, for short 'former party, was pleased with the judgment. Party chief Christian Stocker and Secretary General Nico Marchetti expressed their satisfaction with the acquittal. Nevertheless, there are still brief investigations in the so-called ÖVP advertising affair, which have been pending since 2021. The accusation refers to the use of taxpayers' money for surveys from which Kurz and the ÖVP benefits. Briefly denies the allegations in this affair.

background information

The Federal Ministry of Justice leads statistics to a wide range of areas of the judicial department, which are used to prepare and evaluate legislative proposals and to answer inquiries. The judicial procedures often depend on various factors such as the complexity of the case and the staff. The average procedure can also vary and is influenced by these factors. In the statistics, percentage fluctuations can occur in small basic quantities, but the importance of which is usually harmless.

Overall, the course of Sebastian Kurz's procedure shows how complex the Austrian judicial system acts and what financial burdens are associated with such cases.