Allegations: Prosecutors have charged Plamberger with gross negligent manslaughter, alleging he made several critical errors.
He allegedly failed to make an emergency call for hours, did not signal a passing helicopter, and later put his phone on silent, missing calls from rescue services.
He also allegedly left Gurtner in an exposed spot without using available emergency gear like a bivouac sack or rescue blankets to protect her from the cold.
If the roles were reversed the authorities would be in pretzels making excuses for her. Even if she committed the same errors, they wouldn’t press charges. They’d say she’s torn up her boyfriend died, shes now the persecuted victim. No such position taken for the guy who just lost his girlfriend.