Administrator of the estate of “Mister Tagesschau” stands before Zurich court
Published: Wednesday, Dec 18th 2024, 05:50
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The executor of the estate of the deceased "Tagesschau" presenter Léon Huber will stand trial before the Zurich High Court on Wednesday. According to the indictment, the 70-year-old from Zurich had diverted part of the inheritance to his own account.
"Mister Tagesschau" died on November 27, 2015, but Léon Huber's legacy, and the criminal proceedings in this connection, continue to occupy the Zurich judiciary.
The accused is Huber's estate administrator, a lawyer with forty years of experience. According to the public prosecutor, he allegedly distributed the inheritance unfairly between the two beneficiaries - the separated wife and daughter - and did not forget himself in the process. According to the indictment, around 200,000 francs flowed into his own account.
In addition, according to the indictment, there was an "exorbitant fee" of around 170,000 francs. The lawyer argued that this was reasonable given the complexity of the case.
District court sentences the lawyer
In September 2023, the District Court of Zurich came to the conclusion that the lawyer was guilty of fraudulent mismanagement. It sentenced him to a conditional fine of 180 daily rates of CHF 500, with a probationary period of two years. He was also fined 3,000 francs.
The public prosecutor demanded a conditional prison sentence of 18 months with a probationary period of two years, as well as a fine of CHF 5,000. The estate administrator's lawyer is demanding an acquittal. It remains to be seen when the High Court will hand down its verdict.
Divorce war over a poodle
The presenter and poodle lover Léon Huber was the face of Swiss television's "Tagesschau" for 33 years, from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. His perfect pronunciation and calm manner were typical of the trained actor.
The "Tagesschau" broadcast of May 3, 1981 was legendary, when masked demonstrators stormed into the studio and held a banner reading "Freedom and Sunshine for Giorgio Bellini" up to the camera. The recently deceased Giorgio Bellini from Ticino was a member of the youth movement. Huber remained calm and, after a brief interruption, continued reading the news as if nothing had happened.
He always put his private life in the background. It wasn't until the divorce battle over his poodle "Ronny" that the tabloid media made it public.
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