Ludwig Kaiser (El Grande Americano) Battery Arrest in Florida Update – Kaiser Files Motion Seeking Alleged Victim’s Medical Records

As noted before, Ludwig Kaiser, also known as El Grande Americano in AAA and real name Marcel Barthel, was arrested on charges of battery this past May following an altercation with a man in Orange County, Florida. This incident was caused after Kaiser and a female were allegedly acting “uncontrollably intimate” in an elevator and Kaiser attacked the man in retaliation after being allegedly told to “please have some manners.” Kaiser’s attorneys filed a motion this past July requesting for the case to be dismissed and provided Kaiser’s side of the story regarding the incident. The alleged victim Richard Reap filed a notice of appearance earlier this month listing a new attorney for his lawsuit and potentially teasing a civil lawsuit against Kaiser in the future. Kaiser’s motion to have the case dismissed was rejected by the court this past October and his defense was given access to several pieces of evidence including medical records by the State of Florida.

The Wrestling Observer’s Joseph Currier reported that Kaiser’s defense filed a “Motion to Compel” on November 10 asking the court to direct the Office of the State Attorney to provide medical records relating to the injuries the alleged victim Richard Reap says he suffered.

In the filing, Kaiser’s defense argues that being able to review these records could show evidence that Reap did not suffer the injuries he claims or that the injuries did happen but are unrelated to the battery incident.

Currier reported that while Assistant State Attorney Juanda Padgett had initially agreed to share the medical records requested with Kaiser’s defense, this ended up not happening due to Reap’s attorney objecting to it.

A pre-trial conference is still scheduled to take place on December 17 with a January 4-22, 2027 trial period date if the case does not get resolved or extended before then.