Overview
- In an RTL interview ahead of her planned Dschungelcamp entry, Benetatou said the news "hit [her] like crazy" and that she never expected it.
- She recounted learning by phone that Kessmeyer had died and initially refusing to believe it.
- Benetatou said she later felt pressured by unnamed people to keep quiet and declined to identify them.
- A cause of death has not been confirmed by family or his company, despite public rumors and editorial caution around reporting possible suicide.
- Kessmeyer’s partner Vanessa Louis said she had asked Benetatou not to discuss the matter publicly and voiced disappointment about the interview.