Overview
- Police and paramedics reached Pocher’s Cologne home early Friday around 3:30 to 4 a.m. after a man told authorities Pietro Lombardi had invited him over and he was then assaulted nearby.
- Officers asked to speak with Lombardi at the house, but Oliver Pocher answered the door and handled questions because Lombardi did not pick up his phone.
- Checks described on the pair’s podcast found the supposed messages came from a prepaid number not linked to Lombardi, which they say showed the claim was staged.
- Lombardi said a persistent stalker has been showing up wherever he goes and he suspects a GPS tracker may have been placed on his car.
- He remains temporarily living with Pocher and co-hosts their newly renamed podcast Die Patchwork Boys, and he voiced anger about reputational harm and the safety of children in the home, while media report no arrests or charges.