Ex-FCB boss Hoeneß reports on experience in prison: inmate "took a photo of me while showering"

Created: 01/05/2022, 11:25 AM

By: Michelle Brey

On January 5th, FCB honorary president Uli Hoeneß celebrates his 70th birthday and talks about a black point in his vita.

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Uli Hoeneß is celebrating his 70th birthday.

In retrospect, in addition to great successes, a dark chapter remains in our memory.

The ex-FCB boss speaks about his experience in prison.

Munich - At the age of 22 he became soccer world champion, with 27 he was manager of FC Bayern Munich, at 30 he survived a plane crash: for his milestone birthday, Uli Hoeneß * can look back on a turbulent life.

Over the decades, he shaped FCB into a global brand.

Goals, titles, legendary breakouts are remembered - and a black point in the vita of the former FCB boss.

In March 2014 he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for tax evasion amounting to 28.5 million euros.

In an interview with the Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID) he spoke about his time in prison and an unpleasant experience.

Ex-FCB boss Uli Hoeneß on "huge mistakes": "I have paid for it"

“There is no question” that he shouldn't have done “the whole thing”, said the honorary president of FC Bayern *. In an interview with the SID, however, he objected that afterwards he tried to behave as correctly as possible. Uli Hoeneß finally reported himself and refrained from going into revision. “I made a huge mistake, which I admit. I was gone for a year and three quarters and paid for my mistakes. "

Uli Hoeneß on experience in prison: prisoner photographed him naked in the shower

He was afraid of the start of his prison sentence, "because you hear that something happens in prison from time to time, that there are arguments".

However, he was treated very correctly, although he had one or the other negative experience, as he told the SID.

Ballpoint pens with a camera were smuggled into jail to take pictures of Hoeneß.

"One of the prisoners took a picture of me naked in the shower and tried to sell the material to newspapers," he said.

In 2017, the inmate and his wife were sentenced because of what the media reported at the time.

The photos did not appear in public.

Uli Hoeneß earned around 100 euros a month in prison

When asked whether there were also positive social contacts, Hoeneß answered in the affirmative to the SID. In prison he earned around 100 euros a month through work and was able to go shopping with it. “The others who didn't work had less. If you needed olive oil for your tomato salad, I was able to help you out. My 100 euros were always gone, although I didn't even need half of it myself, ”he looked back. In the end, his sentence was halved for exemplary behavior. He no longer has any contacts from his prison days, as the SID interview shows, even if he would have liked to keep one or the other up. However, this is not recommended.

In any case, he has not lost his clear opinion on issues that concern FC Bayern and society during this time.

So Hoeneß positions itself clearly when it comes to opponents regarding the corona vaccination.

Most recently, he threw an unvaccinated Schafkopf teammate out of his house.