Ernst August of Hanover: Caroline of Monaco’s husband sentenced to 10 months in prison
Prince Ernst August of Hanover, third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco from whom she is separated, was sentenced on November 24, 2021 to 10 months suspended prison sentence. Information reported by the German media Der Spiegel.
Ten months suspended sentence, with a residence ban: it was the Austrian sentence by the regional court in Wels, Upper Austria, on Tuesday March 23, 2021 to the prince Ernst August from Hanover. The great-grandson of the last German Emperor Wilhelm II was then appearing for violence and threats against police officers as well as some of his employees in the summer of 2020.
A decision that the third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco had contested by appealing. Only here, eight months after this first conviction, Ernst August of Hanover suffered a new setback. As the German media report Der Spiegel, Princess Alexandra’s father will therefore have to adapt well to the sanction imposed by justice. The prince was absent in front of the court. An absence justified by his lawyer, who clarified that the prince’s state of health made him a person at risk.
“I take responsibility”
Relaying the court decision of Tuesday, March 23, 2021, the German magazine Der Spiegel recalls that the “court found that there was evidence that the drunken 67-year-old had assaulted police officers and seriously threatened a couple working on his property “. In addition to this conviction, which does not lead to imprisonment, the judge told Ernst August from Hanover that he was not allowed to live in his former place of residence for at least three years. As the media recalled, Prince Ernst August apologized at the start of the hearing in March: “I take responsibility, I deeply regret what happened and I am ready to cover the damages “.
Son had explained that an operation was taking place in an exceptional situation at the time, following for cancer and a conflict with his son. And for good reason, Ernst August of Hanover Jr is currently sued by his father who qualifies him as a person “ungrateful”. According to documents recorded in court and analyzed by the newspaper, the 38-year-old would have “Seriously violated the rights, legal interests and interests of the injured”. A matter of wealth management. One more case.