Schlesinger scandal: massage chairs, imported parquet and living walls - new details known
Created: 08/10/2022, 18:07
By: Anna Lorenz
In the course of the RBB affair, further details about the extent of possible infidelity become known.
The former director Patricia Schlesinger apparently enjoyed some luxury at the expense of the station.
Berlin – massage chair, four-digit bills for dinner, imported precious parquet: the list of expenses that Patricia Schlesinger is said to have made at the expense of the RBB is long.
Details about the purchases have now been made public, which is why there is an allegation of infidelity.
Some of the ex-director's confidants are also suspected of possible crimes.
Schlesinger: RBB funds allegedly used for luxury - new details known
The details bring back memories of the scandal surrounding Protz-Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Els. According to the allegations, the 61-year-old is said to have used considerable sums from the broadcaster for private purposes and equipped her professional environment with some luxury.
According to the
Tagesspiegel
, Schlesinger not only benefited from a salary increase to around 300,000 euros per year, but also from the RBB tax paid for a company car with massage seats as a "part of the remuneration".
Schlesinger's husband Gerhard Spörl (72) also used the car.
According to Deputy Director Hagen Brandstätter, the conversion of Schlesinger's offices also cost around 1.4 million euros.
In a special broadcast, the RBB showed the luxurious facility;
there were couch sets for 20,000 euros, a living wall greening for over 7,000 euros and an imported Italian parquet for 17,000 euros.
Parquet at her feet for 17,000 euros: Patricia Schlesinger had her office furnished with expensive staffage at RBB.
(Archive image) © IMAGO / Michael Handelmann
Furthermore, according to a Brandenburg state politician, Schlesinger, who has since resigned from her post, organized private, opulent dinners at the expense of the broadcaster.
In February 2022, such an event cost more than 1,150 euros.
A spokesman for the then-participating Berlin police chief Barbara Slowik (56) now said that the officer had only now learned "with great astonishment and irritation" that the soiree was on the account of the RBB - a professional character of the get-together was "in no way evident". been.
Schlesinger: Investigations into infidelity - also confidants of the ex-director of the RBB in focus
Misappropriating funds is infidelity – a criminal offense that the Berlin public prosecutor is now investigating in the Schlesinger case.
At the same time, there is also the suspicion of accepting an advantage.
Not only the ex-ARD boss herself, but also her husband and the RBB board boss Wolf-Dieter Wolf are in the sights of the judiciary.
The latter has meanwhile announced his resignation from various offices.
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Hagen Brandstätter will take over the management of the RBB for the time being, but according to the
Tagesspiegel
, he had already announced his departure for next spring on Monday (8 August).
In a letter to the station's employees, he apologized that "this situation could not be prevented or at least averted quickly" and protested his ignorance of Schlesinger's misconduct.
However, employees had demanded the RBB-Aus for Brandtäter and program director Jan Schulte-Kellinghaus because they "no longer trusted that they could help with the restart".
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