Key legal question
Whether the three challenged statements constituted defamatory assertions under Art. 173 StGB
Extracted holding
The statements, read in their full context, were capable of lowering the respondents' reputation and thus met the objective elements of defamation.
Extracted reasoning
Accusations of drug-law misconduct, dishonesty, and sexual exploitation of a protected employee were objectively reputationally harmful when understood by an average third party.