In 2003, the Simons filed a lawsuit which asked a court in Bolzano to recognize their role in Ötzi's discovery and declare them his "official discoverers".
V roce 2003 Simonovi podali žalobu, kterou se domáhali, aby soud v Bolzanu uznal jejich roli v Ötziho nalezení a vyhlásil je jako jeho „oficiální objevitele“.