The director of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) was terminated without notice. The public prosecutor’s office in Berlin is investigating them for breach of trust and accepting benefits.
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Berlin Patricia Schlesinger, director of the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), who has come under massive criticism and was dismissed, is dismissed without notice. This decision was announced by the incumbent chair of the board of directors of the public broadcaster ARD, Dorette König, on Monday after a council meeting in Berlin. A week ago, Schlesinger was recalled by the Broadcasting Council – the second control body.
Since the end of June, the 61-year-old has been exposed to numerous allegations of nepotism and nepotism, mainly through reports from the online medium “Business Insider”. She has been ARD chairwoman since the beginning of the year and RBB director since 2016. She resigned from both positions.
At the center of the scandal is the recalled director and the resigned RBB head of the board of directors, Wolf-Dieter Wolf. Both rejected the allegations.