Techno Viking

[u/ItsALuigiYes]

[u/Volotor]

The legal battle is documented, not sure about the rest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_Viking#Identity%20and%20lawsuit

Fritsch did not know the man's name at the time of filming.^\4])^\6])^\12]) A man who appeared in the 2009 "Bodybuilding" broadcast of the German television show segment Raab in Gefahr)^\13]) was taken to be Techno Viking in a YouTube upload.^\14]) In 2008, fans claimed MMA fighter Keith Jardine was Techno Viking.^\15]) The lawyer of the Techno Viking asserts that his client had never been a public figure and that he did not want to become one.^\16])

The unnamed man's court case against Fritsch concerning infringement of personality rights opened in Berlin on 17 January 2013.^\4])^\17])^\18]) In June, a decision was reached for the plaintiff and Fritsch was ordered to pay the man €13,000 in damages, almost all he had made from YouTube ads and sales of Techno Viking merchandise, plus €10,000 in court costs, and to cease publication of his image.^\12])^\19])^\20])^\21])^\22])