Overview
- ARD schedules the documentary for Friday, November 21, with all episodes streaming that day and the first part airing at 23:55 on the broadcaster’s main channel.
- Boateng says he is still processing Lenhardt’s 2021 suicide and states, “I have lost a person I loved very much,” describing the interview he gave after their breakup as an error that will follow him for life.
- Contributors in the film recount how the 2021 interview shaped early coverage and preceded a wave of online abuse against Lenhardt; former BILD editor-in-chief Johannes Boie later said the paper would not publish that interview today.
- The documentary situates his statements alongside his legal history, including a 2019 investigation for intentional bodily harm and a 2024 Munich court finding with a warning, which he counters by denying ever striking a woman.
- After ending his playing career, Boateng’s move toward coaching has faced resistance, highlighted by FC Bayern canceling a planned hospitation following fan protests.