An attempt at conciliation before the Berlin Labor Court was intended to resolve the conflict between ex-"Bild" editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt and his former employer Axel Springer. However, the parties could not come to an agreement.
Springer is demanding a severance payment of two million euros back. The publisher's lawyers consider these claims to be unfounded. The criminal accusation of fraud, to which the public prosecutor's office in Berlin is investigating, was not part of the hearing on Friday.