Orange County court records, a pre-trial conference for the battery case regarding WWE’s Ludwig Kaiser (Marcel Barthel) is scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, July 16.
The conference will see the prosecution and defense meet to determine if the case is going to trial or could be resolved before then with a plea agreement. The records do indicate that this could get pushed back or that a trial would not even take place at all. Furthermore, there is date range of August 10-28 listed in the document.
(Source: F4WOnline)
Kaiser entered a “not guilty” plea in response to the misdemeanor battery charge which he is currently facing. The incident took place back on April 24, 2026 in an apartment complex, in which Kaiser and a female, believed to be his girlfriend were getting aggressively intimate with kissing in the elevator. The alleged victim states that he asked Kaiser and the female to is accused of assaulting a male resident of his apartment complex. The alleged victim says “please have some manners.” After the elevator stopped at the 12th floor, the victim further alleges that Kaiser began punching him and then pushed him to the ground. The report by local police notes they did see a fresh scratch and redness on the victim’s head.
It was reported on Tuesday, that Judge Andrew Cameron, who is presiding over the criminal case, officially signed off to approve the motion requesting Barthel be allowed to travel both within the United States and internationally during the duration of the case against him.
There is said to be no heat on Kaiser as it pertains to the situation.
Kaiser has a match at the AAA Noche de Los Grandes event this Saturday in Mexico City, where El Grande Americano (Kaiser) will square off against Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) in a mask vs. mask match.