Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler will plead guilty over the 'dieselgate' vehicle emissions-cheating scandal. ECRNewsWatch RupertStadler
Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler will plead guilty over the"dieselgate" vehicle emissions-cheating scandal, a German court said Wednesday, which would make him the first auto CEO to be convicted in the resulting lawsuits.Stadler will admit guilt in exchange for a suspended sentence after reaching an agreement with the Munich district court over the scandal that rocked Audi's parent company Volkswagen.
After a trial that started in late 2020, Stadler's defence lawyers and prosecutors had finally accepted a"plea bargain proposal", a court spokesman told AFP. His defence team and the court recommended a suspended sentence of 18 to 24 months, though prosecutors have objected.Volkswagen had always insisted that the diesel trickery was the work of a handful of lower-level employees acting without the knowledge of their superiors, a claim challenged by prosecutors.He spent four months in pretrial detention owing to prosecution concerns that he would try to influence witnesses.
The charges against them covered 434,420 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles sold in Europe and the United States as far back as 2009.
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