Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. wants immunity revoked for the German diplomat accused of giving his wife a black eye — saying in a letter to the mayor’s office Friday that there is enough evidence to convict him.
In the letter, obtained by The Post, prosecutors requested that the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs petition the US State Department in the case of administrative attaché Joachim Haubrichs.
The diplomat is currently protected by full immunity, Deputy Chief DA Nitin Savur wrote.
But “there is reasonable cause to charge Joachim Haubrichs and sufficient evidence to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt” on charges of misdemeanor assault and second-degree harassment, stemming from an Oct. 17 fight in the couple’s Upper East Side apartment, Savur wrote.
The letter asks that the Mayor’s Office “petition the State Department to seek a waiver of immunity to allow prosecution herein.”
As first reported in The Post, because of his immunity status, the NYPD has been powerless to arrest Haubrichs, 56, for allegedly beating his wife, Henna Johnson, 35, in their East 88th Street bedroom.
“He hit her in the face, causing her to suffer substantial pain, swelling and bruising to her left eye,” the DA’s letter said.
Prosecutors were convinced of the case after viewing photographs of Johnson’s injuries and interviewing the 19th Precinct detective who investigated Johnson’s account, the letter said.
Police had interviewed Johnson the morning after the incident, after she reached out to authorities.
But their hands were tied after Haubrichs flashed his diplomatic papers and his immunity was confirmed.
Haubrichs faces up to one year jail if convicted of assault.
City Hall officials said late Friday that they’re supporting the DA’s request, which they are relaying through the appropriate channels at the State Department.
The next step would be closed-door talks between State Department officials and the German government.
State Department reps have declined to discus the specifics of the case, except to say that the agency is “aware and concerned” of the incident — and that if Germany declines to waive immunity, they can require that the diplomat leave the US.
“This is an ongoing legal matter, and we cannot comment any further at this time,” a spokesman said late Friday.
The press attaché for the German Consulate did not return requests for comment left Thursday and Friday.
Johnson told The Post this week that the brutal beating was just the latest incident in the years of abuse she has endured at the hands of her husband.
“He’s very controlling,” she said, her left eye socket purple and swollen from the alleged beating that was sparked, she said, when she failed to observe his strict 7:30 p.m. curfew for using her cellphone.
“Because he’s so jealous, he starts screaming . . . he hit me against the wall and I hit my head.”
Additional reporting by Yoav Gonen