When his personal bankruptcy was announced, Spörri withdrew from nightlife and worked for a publishing house until 2018. On 25 November 2016, he was sentenced to six years in prison by the Bern regional court for incitement to arson and attempted insurance fraud. He pleaded innocent and appealed the verdict. On 3 July 2018, he was sentenced in the second instance by the Bern High Court to a prison sentence of four years and a conditional fine of CHF 23,400. In addition, there were compensation payments totaling CHF 142,500. He lodged an appeal against this judgment with the Federal Court. As a final instance, however, the High Court upheld the judgment of the Higher Court on 3 October 2019, meaning that Spörri had to serve a four-year prison sentence. Despite the Federal Court's decision, Spörri continued to fight and filed a complaint with the
European Court of Human Rights in
Strasbourg. The ECHR also dismissed the complaint and Spörri had to begin his sentence at the beginning of 2022 - delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic - in the Witzwil Correctional Facility in the
canton of Bern. == Discography ==