Last year, Julia Schmid was seen as a Bachelor candidate in Switzerland. What her fans didn’t know at the time: the 22-year-old was privately bombarded with messages from her ex-flirt. He didn’t shy away from massively disrupting her modeling career on the Internet. The man now had to answer to the criminal judge in Vienna.
Photo shoot in pose in the Vienna Regional Court: Not an everyday occurrence, but on Monday in front of room 24 there is even that. The victim in the criminal trial is a model from Carinthia. Julia Schmid fought for the Bachelor on Swiss television in 2023 and is successful on the Internet platform Only Fans.Short flirtation with legal aftermathHer ex-flirt is accused. He is said to have persistently stalked and coerced the 22-year-old, among other things. “We met via social media. I thought she was a pretty girl. A few days later we met,” the defendant reports, describing how it all began in September 2023.Not only a love affair began between the graphic designer and the dark-haired beauty, but also a business collaboration. “She was an Only Fans model, but it wasn’t that good. So I helped her,” says the 30-year-old. Within a very short time, he is said to have increased the business tenfold – by chatting with men for hours on end in her name, selecting photos and videos. “She was suddenly making 1000 euros a day,” says lawyer Andreas Strobl’s client.Images and videos deleted and addedBut the harmony did not last long. A 250-page chat in the file shows how the mood changed just a month later. Out of anger because she was no longer responding to calls and messages, the defendant deleted images and videos from Julia’s account. In doing so, he also deleted the likes that brought in sales. “It was too much porn for me. I wanted to change the strategy,” he explains. Strobl adds that the defendant could also be seen in the deleted sex pictures. He speaks of a “highly confusing act that is difficult to understand due to the large number of profiles.”Images distributed and deleted without consentAccording to the criminal complaint filed by the Vienna public prosecutor’s office, his client is said to have created at least seven fake accounts with intimate images of his ex – he denies this, but admits that after the separation he distributed content without Julia’s consent. The public prosecutor’s office also accuses him of stalking, which is said to have unreasonably affected his victim’s lifestyle. “It was too much,” the Viennese man admits. “I stopped fighting for her and started annoying her.”The 22-year-old, who is appearing as a witness in the trial, tells a different version of the story: “When I stopped answering him, he went crazy. He bombarded me with messages and threatened to delete my account.” A short time later, it was actually no longer online.” This also caused considerable financial damage. The model used AI to clean the internet of unwanted content that he was said to have uploaded: “That also cost more than 600 euros.” Her stalker was sentenced to 160 daily rates of 30 euros each, 80 of which were suspended – a fine of 2,400 euros. He must pay his ex-flirt 2,500 euros.
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