Erkelenz Local Court headlines: - RWE retracts sanction warrant against market ruler
Marten Reiß (43) became known as "Wettking" in 2022 on Thomas Gottschalk's show in front of over ten million viewers and donated his winnings to the brown coal village of Lützerath for RWE. RWE then received a fine of 2,000 Euro against climate activist Reiß for trespassing since Lützerath was already owned by the energy company. Right before a scheduled hearing at the Erkelenz District Court on Monday, RWE withdrew the application. It has been almost 20 months since the alleged "illegal act," a RWE spokesperson shared. "The occupation of Lützerath was already ended by the police at the beginning of the previous year. By withdrawing, we hope to contribute to the situation's de-escalation."
Reiß has always maintained that there is no evidence of trespassing. "On 'Wetten, dass..?' I was called a Lützerather, so RWE simply assumed that I hadn't left," he explained to the German Press Agency. Reiß had donated his winning of 50,000 Euro to Lützerath. "Lützerath was my heart project for at least two years," he said about it. "I would do it again." In his bet on the ZDF show, Reiß identified three times among more than a thousand fingerprints one that had been exchanged.
