Attack on widow

Why the dispute over Niki Lauda’s inheritance is escalating

A picture of Niki and Birgit Lauda from happy days. The Formula 1 legend died in 2019. The inheritance has been bitterly disputed ever since.(Bild: Bissuti Kristian)

An inheritance dispute has been raging in the family of Formula 1 star Niki Lauda, who died in 2019, for six years and reached a low point at the weekend. Niki Lauda's lawyer publicly defames Birgit Sieberer-Lauda - but omits key facts.

Niki's lawyer and confidant Haig Asenbauer spoke out in the newspaper "Bild". It is a "posthumous insult to honor that has been going on here for six years," said Asenbauer, who is also a board member of the Lauda Private Foundation.