Born in Germany · Nationality German — Content creation / livestreaming

MontanaBlack

Also known as: Marcel Eris, Marcel Thomas Andreas Eris, MontanaBlack88, Monte

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German streamer and YouTuber born in 1988, known as Marcel Eris or MontanaBlack88.

MontanaBlack is a major German Twitch and YouTube creator. His record includes platform suspensions for offensive remarks, a gambling-promotion case closed after payment, a reported tax penalty and a civil injunction over unauthorised images. In 2025 he contested a criminal penalty order over a transport video; in 2026 he admitted offering a critic money not to repost a video.

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Profile No. 5929 · Updated on 6 November 2026

3Documented controversies

5Sources

· 1 followed by a conviction

§ Legal statuses reflect the documented sources as of the date shown; they replace neither court decisions nor the presumption of innocence. Counts are not a rating. Methodology

I. Documented controversies

Exact date unknown (reported by 2025)

Reported €40,000 tax penalty

Conviction

German media profiles report that Eris paid a €40,000 fine in a tax-evasion matter. Available reporting does not establish the precise judgment date, tax basis or reasoning.

State of the evidence: Consistent German press reports without a retrieved original court record.
Legal status — source text: Reported €40,000 criminal tax fine; judgment and date not independently verified.
Attribution: Reported tax offence with details unavailable.

Sources · 3

[1]
Hamburger Morgenpost (MOPO)Streaming-Star in Hamburg vor Gericht – es geht um 25.000 Euro Strafe7 October 2025MediaHigh reliability
[2]
BILDMontanaBlack im Steckbrief: So tickt Deutschlands Streaming-Star1 September 2025MediaHigh reliability
[3]
t-online.deMontanaBlack: Deutschlands beliebtester Streamer hat „Großeltern beklaut“23 January 2023MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 November 2026

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October 2025

2025: contested criminal penalty order over railway worker video

Formally charged

A 2024 dispute over carrying a bicycle on a train was streamed, showing an identifiable railway employee and allegedly disparaging him. A €25,000 criminal penalty order covered alleged image-rights and insult offences. Eris objected; an October 2025 hearing was postponed due to illness.

State of the evidence: Penalty order, objection and postponement reported by media.
Legal status — source text: Contested €25,000 penalty order; hearing postponed in October 2025, with no later outcome located by 6 November 2026.
Attribution: Alleged dissemination and disparagement of an identifiable railway employee.

Sources · 2

[1]
Hamburger Morgenpost (MOPO)Streaming-Star in Hamburg vor Gericht – es geht um 25.000 Euro Strafe7 October 2025MediaHigh reliability
[2]
EarlyGameMontanaBlack wegen Mandelentzündung doch nicht vor Gericht8 October 2025MediaMedium reliability

Last verified: 7 November 2026

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October 2022–March 2023

2022–2023: civil injunction over images of a woman and child

Civil / administrative proceedings

A woman and her minor child appeared without consent in a Schwarze Berge wildlife park livestream. Hamburg’s regional court prohibited continued unblurred distribution on 30 November 2022 and upheld the injunction after an objection on 24 March 2023.

State of the evidence: Decisions described by the claimant’s lawyers and corroborated by MOPO.
Legal status — source text: Civil injunction upheld by Hamburg Regional Court on 24 March 2023.
Attribution: Distributing identifiable images of private individuals without consent.

Sources · 2

[1]
Gessner Legal (conseil de la requérante)Erfolg gegen den Twitch-Account von „MontanaBlack“ bestätigt24 March 2023Company documentMedium reliability
[2]
Hamburger Morgenpost (MOPO)Streaming-Star in Hamburg vor Gericht – es geht um 25.000 Euro Strafe7 October 2025MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 November 2026

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Controversia profile, updated 6 November 2026. Latest version: https://controversia.info/en/fiche/montanablack