According to the Orange County Police Department, Marcel Barthel aka Ludwig Kaiser has been arrested after a Battery charge.
Kaiser was arrested this afternoon at 2:37 pm in Orange County, Florida on a battery charge. His bond was set at $1,000. Not a domestic situation as some were speculating.
Details are scarce, with early reports pointing to a possible restaurant altercation involving another man, though arrest records only list battery without implying guilt. The timing hits close to home for fans, coming right before his mask-vs.-mask bout in a Lucha Libre AAA crossover, where he plays the masked El Grande Americano.
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