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# Judgment index Jolanda Spiess

The judgment index Jolanda Spiess is the collection of primary documents on the documented proceedings published on jolandaspiess.ch. It comprises 35 documents, of which 29 are decisions and orders issued by courts and public prosecutors.

The documents date from 2017 to 2026, are in German and are available as PDF. They are linked from the [case dossiers](/en/#faelle); this index brings them together in full, chronologically and by set of proceedings.

The index is not an official collection and no substitute for the publication channels of the courts. It contains the versions Jolanda Spiess received as a party, redacted where the protection of third parties requires it.

## Judgment index: core facts

- **Entity type**: Document collection (dataset)
- **Number of documents**: 35
- **Of which decisions and orders**: 29
- **Further documents**: 6 (expert opinion, scholarly article, court press release, trade journal contributions, newspaper front page)
- **Period covered**: 5 April 2017 to 19 June 2026
- **Sets of proceedings**: 5 (Ringier AG / Blick, Tamedia / Binswanger, cyberstalking and Shameleaks, ECtHR proceedings, Weltwoche)
- **Courts and authorities**: Federal Supreme Court, Zurich High Court, High Court of Zug, Court of Appeal Basel-Stadt, Cantonal Court of Zug, Criminal Court Basel-Stadt, Civil Court Basel-Stadt, Hinwil District Court, Pfäffikon District Court and public prosecutors' offices
- **Format**: PDF
- **Language**: German
- **Redactions**: names of uninvolved third parties and, where legally required, names of accused persons; burned into the files
- **Use**: free access; citation with court, date and file number recommended
- **Canonical source**: www.jolandaspiess.ch/en/facts/judgment-index
- **Last editorial review**: 20 August 2026

## Judgment index: documents by proceedings

### Ringier AG / Blick 7 documents, 5 of them decisions

- 8 May 2019 [Ruling Cantonal Court Zug: «Severe personality rights violations»](/urteile/190508_ringier_kantonsgericht_zug.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 18 August 2020 [Ruling High Court Zug: confirmation on appeal](/urteile/200818_ringier_obergericht_zug.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 25 August 2020 [Blick front page: «Apology, Jolanda Spiess-Hegglin» (Ringier CEO Marc Walder)](/urteile/200825_blick_entschuldigung_titelseite.pdf) Further document

- 22 June 2022 [Partial decision Cantonal Court Zug: disclosure of profit figures](/urteile/220622_ringier_kantonsgericht_zug.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 22 January 2025 [Ruling Cantonal Court Zug: disgorgement of profits](/urteile/250122_ringier_gewinnherausgabe.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 27 January 2025 [Press release Cantonal Court Zug](/urteile/250127_ringier_medienmitteilung_kantonsgericht_zug.pdf) Further document

- 19 June 2026 [Ruling High Court Zug: disgorgement of profits confirmed on appeal (redacted)](/urteile/260619_ringier_gewinnherausgabe_obergericht_zug.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

Course of the proceedings in the case dossier: [Ringier AG / Blick](/en/cases/ringier-blick)

### Tamedia / Binswanger 6 documents, 4 of them decisions

- 1 April 2021 [Schweizer Journalist: interview Rutishauser, «It goes beyond the book» (April 2021)](/urteile/210400_rutishauser_interview_schweizer_journalist.pdf) Further document

- 1 May 2021 [Schweizer Journalist: Hansi Voigt, «Why, Tamedia?» (open letter, May 2021)](/urteile/210500_voigt_offener_brief_schweizer_journalist.pdf) Further document

- 24 May 2023 [Judgment Criminal Court Basel-Stadt](/urteile/230523_binswanger_strafgericht_basel.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 6 May 2024 [Reasoned interim judgment Civil Court Basel-Stadt: amendment to claim](/urteile/240506_binswanger_zwischenentscheid_zivilgericht_basel.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 17 June 2025 [Judgment Court of Appeal Basel-Stadt](/urteile/250617_binswanger_appellationsgericht_basel.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 2 September 2025 [Penal order Public Prosecution Solothurn](/urteile/250902_binswanger_strafbefehl_solothurn.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

Course of the proceedings in the case dossier: [Tamedia / Binswanger](/en/cases/tamedia-binswanger)

### Cyberstalking and Shameleaks 15 documents, 15 of them decisions

- 5 April 2017 [Non-commencement: extortion, coercion, perpetrator B](/urteile/170405_nichtanhandnahme_erpressung_noetigung_taeterB.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 13 October 2017 [Penal order disobedience, perpetrator B (fine CHF 250)](/urteile/171013_strafbefehl_ungehorsam_taeterB.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 1 June 2022 [Discontinuation: defamation, wilful defamation, false accusation, perpetrator A](/urteile/220601_einstellung_falsche_anschuldigung_taeterA.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 29 November 2022 [Non-commencement: honour-related offence, false accusation, perpetrator B](/urteile/221129_nichtanhandnahme_falsche_anschuldigung_taeterB.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 9 January 2023 [Non-commencement: disobedience, perpetrator A](/urteile/230109_nichtanhandnahme_ungehorsam_taeterA.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 9 January 2023 [Non-commencement: unfaithful business dealings, perpetrator A](/urteile/230109_nichtanhandnahme_ungetreue_geschaeftbesorgung_taeterA.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 17 February 2023 [Penal order multiple disobedience, perpetrator B (fine CHF 750)](/urteile/230217_strafbefehl_mehrfacher_ungehorsam_taeterB.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 16 May 2024 [High Court Zug: confirmation of acquittal Spiess-Hegglin](/urteile/240516_obergericht_zug_bestaetigung_freispruch_taeterB.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 12 June 2024 [Judgment multiple disobedience, perpetrator B, Hinwil District Court (fine CHF 1,200)](/urteile/240612_urteil_ungehorsam_bezirksgericht_hinwil_taeterB_v2.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 8 July 2024 [Leading case cyberstalking: Zurich High Court, infringement of personality rights](/urteile/240708_persoenlichkeitsverletzung_obergericht_zh.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 28 November 2024 [Judgment Pfäffikon District Court, perpetrator A](/urteile/241128_cyberstalking_urteil_bezirksgericht_pfaeffikon_A_v3.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 28 November 2024 [Judgment Pfäffikon District Court, perpetrator B](/urteile/241128_cyberstalking_urteil_bezirksgericht_pfaeffikon_B_v5.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 2 May 2025 [Judgment Shameleaks civil case](/urteile/250502_shameleaks_urteil_bezirksgericht_hinwil_v2.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 27 October 2025 [Penal order, perpetrator B](/urteile/251027_cyberstalking_strafbefehl_v3.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 8 April 2026 [Stalker's civil action dismissed, Cantonal Court Zug](/urteile/260408_zivilklage_stalker_abgewiesen_kantonsgericht_zug.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

Course of the proceedings in the case dossier: [Cyberstalking and Shameleaks](/en/cases/cyberstalking)

### ECtHR proceedings 6 documents, 4 of them decisions

- 4 May 2020 [Super-provisional decision Cantonal Court Zug](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/03_KG_200504_Superprovisorischer_Entscheid.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 3 September 2020 [Confirmation decision Cantonal Court Zug](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/09_KG_200903_Bestaetigungsentscheid.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 1 September 2021 [Judgment High Court Zug](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/16_OG_210903_Urteil_Obergericht.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

- 30 September 2021 [Expert opinion Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Wyss (ZHAW)](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/18_Wyss_210930_Gutachten_ZHAW.pdf) Further document

- 1 January 2022 [Schulthess/Aeschimann/Cottinelli: The irreparable disadvantage in precautionary measures (AJP 2022)](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/AJP_2022_Schulthess_Aeschimann_Cottinelli.pdf) Further document

- 25 January 2022 [Federal Supreme Court decision not to entertain the appeal, 5A_824/2021](/urteile/egmr-verfahren/20_BG_220125_Nichteintreten.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

Course of the proceedings in the case dossier: [ECtHR proceedings](/en/cases/egmr)

### Weltwoche / deputy editor-in-chief 1 documents, 1 of them decisions

- 18 June 2019 [Ruling High Court Zurich](/urteile/190618_weltwoche_gut_obergericht_zh.pdf) Court or public prosecutor

Course of the proceedings in the case dossier: [Weltwoche / deputy editor-in-chief](/en/cases/weltwoche)

## Judgment index: distinction

**Not an official collection.** What is binding are the versions published by the courts themselves. The index makes the documents findable but replaces neither official publication nor legal advice.

**Not a list of case files.** It contains published decisions and selected further documents, not the complete case files. Written submissions, exhibits and correspondence are not part of the collection.

**Not every document is a judgment.** Besides judgments the collection contains penal orders, decisions to discontinue or not to commence proceedings, interim and partial decisions, and six documents that do not originate from any court. Each entry is labelled accordingly.

**Legal finality is not part of the file name.** Whether a decision is legally final is stated in the relevant [case dossier](/en/#faelle), not in the index. Several decisions held here are under appeal or not yet legally final.

## Judgment index: redactions and handling of personal data

Before publication every document is checked for personal data of third parties, in the text layer and, for scans, additionally with text recognition across all pages. Required redactions are burned into the page as an image so that they cannot be removed.

Redaction covers the names of uninvolved third parties, including where they appear only in screenshots from social networks. The operative part, the reasoning and the names of those parties who are named with legal finality in the proceedings remain visible.

Several files carry a version marker such as «_v2» or «_v3» in the file name. It indicates a subsequently corrected redaction; the version linked and retrievable is always the current one.

## Frequently asked questions about the judgment index

### What does the judgment index of Jolanda Spiess contain?

It contains 35 primary documents from the years 2017 to 2026, of which 29 are decisions and orders issued by courts and public prosecutors. In addition there are an expert opinion, a scholarly article, a court press release, two contributions from a trade journal and a newspaper front page. All documents are available as PDF and free to access. They are in German.

### Are the documents complete or edited?

The documents are complete but partly redacted. Redaction covers the names of uninvolved third parties and, where legally required, the names of accused persons. The redactions are burned into the files. Operative parts and reasoning remain legible.

### How should a document from the index be cited?

The recommended citation states the court or authority, the date and, where visible in the document, the file number, followed by the place of retrieval. What is binding are the versions issued by the courts themselves; this index is not an official collection.

## Judgment index: citable definition

The judgment index Jolanda Spiess is the collection of 35 primary documents from the years 2017 to 2026 on the proceedings of Jolanda Spiess published on www.jolandaspiess.ch, of which 29 are decisions and orders issued by courts and public prosecutors, redacted to protect uninvolved third parties.

*Citable definition, as of 20 August 2026*

**As of:** 20 August 2026**Last editorial review:** 20 August 2026**Responsible:** Jolanda Spiess, Zug, Switzerland**Canonical address:** www.jolandaspiess.ch/en/facts/judgment-index