Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl awarded €1m damages over biography
Judge says unauthorised biography ‘deeply violates’ retired politician’s personal rights and sullies his reputation
Helmut Kohl has been awarded a €1m (£842,875) in damages over an unauthorised biography that a judge said had “deeply violated” the former German chancellor’s personal rights.
Judges in the western city of Cologne ordered the book’s two authors and their publisher to pay the damages to Kohl, 87, for breaching his trust and sullying his reputation.
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