Summary Germany's disgraced former president was charged with corruption Friday, public prosecutors said.
BERLIN (AFP) - Germany s disgraced former president who resigned amid a political favours scandal last year was charged with corruption Friday, public prosecutors said.
The public prosecutor in the northern city of Hanover indicted Christian Wulff, 53, who served less than two years in the largely ceremonial job.
If the case proceeds, Wulff would become Germany s first former head of state to answer charges in court.
Film producer David Groenewold was also charged with bribery on suspicion he paid a more than 500-euro ($425) hotel bill for Wulff and his wife with the aim of winning support for a film project, according to prosecutors.
Wulff was Germany s youngest president but resigned in February 2011 after becoming embroiled in a series of scandals played out in the media, culminating in prosecutors asking parliament to lift his immunity.
He had been Chancellor Angela Merkel s hand-picked choice for the job but was battered by almost daily allegations in the media that he accepted favours when he was premier of the state of Lower Saxony.
He was replaced by Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck in March last year.
