RolfBreuer, the formerchiefexecutive, and the bank itself are fighting accusations that his untimely commentsprecipitated the bankruptcy of theKirchmedia group in 2002.
And the next day a Munich court ruled that Deutsche and Rolf Breuer, Mr Ackermann's predecessor, who now chairs the bank's supervisory board, were liable to pay damages to Leo Kirch, a media mogul whose empire crumbled last year.
And more upheavals in the media industry look probable, now that creditors are piling the pressure on Leo Kirch, a Bavarian media baron whose empire is buckling under huge debts.