Overview
- The three-part Bayerischer Rundfunk series, released at the end of November, includes Boateng discussing the 2021 suicide of his former partner Kasia Lenhardt.
- Lawyer Markus Hennig says he speaks for the family, describes them as appalled by the film, and reiterates that they will not engage publicly.
- Hennig criticizes ARD’s response to complaints and highlights the release’s proximity to new official figures on violence against women as insensitive.
- He says the portrayal risks minimizing Boateng’s 2024 guilty verdict and warning for injuring an ex-partner who is the mother of his children, and he urges ARD to pull the documentary.
- Hennig notes they are preparing to confront the broadcaster, and separate reporting recalls ex-Bild editor Johannes Boie’s view that the 2021 Boateng interview would not be published today.