Audi CEO Appeals to Court for Release From Jail in Diesel Probe
Audi Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler appealed to a Munich court to release him after spending a month in jail over allegations that he tried to tamper with evidence in the Volkswagen AG diesel scandal. Stadler, 55, filed a complaint challenging his detention Wednesday, prosecutor Andrea Mayer said in a phone interview Thursday. Stadler has rejected the prosecutor’s claim of danger of collusion in the diesel-emissions scandal and declined to make a confession when he testified, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported earlier Thursday, citing unidentified people familiar with the procedures.