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RB Leipzig Cancels VIP Tickets Linked to AfD Leader Chrupalla, Disputes His Account

dpa-reviewed documents support his timeline despite the club rejecting his version.

Overview

  • Chrupalla says a player agent arranged twelve VIP seats and a lounge as a birthday gift, transferred the tickets to him on January 10, and they vanished from his RB app after a cancellation notice.
  • dpa reports having seen an invoice and phone screenshots that Chrupalla says document the transfer and app display of the tickets.
  • RB Leipzig previously declined to discuss individual bookings, then told BILD there were never tickets personalized in Chrupalla’s name and that he has never bought a ticket from the club.
  • The club attributes the cancellations to VIP overbooking before the Leipzig–Bayern match and says affected buyers received a compensation offer.
  • According to Chrupalla, the organizer was told there had been an “annoying double booking,” and reports say the BKA made a routine inquiry that the club did not confirm.