Even the processing of the RBB scandal costs millions
View of the room at an RBB Broadcasting Council meeting
Source: dpa
In the clarification of the scandals surrounding the RBB and its controversial ex-director Schlesinger, new allegations are made: How closely do law firms work with the management and why are there so high legal fees overall?
NAfter an RBB report on its own behalf, politicians are demanding clarification. Among other things, it is about the high costs of processing allegations against the former top broadcaster.
The RBB report from Monday evening also gives the impression that the law firm commissioned by the broadcaster is also advising the RBB management on dealing with the Berlin Attorney General’s Office, explained the media policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in Brandenburg, Erik Stohn, on Tuesday in Potsdam. He had therefore requested further extraordinary meetings of the Broadcasting Council.
Next Friday was suggested as the date for the next special session, emphasized Stohn, who is himself a member of the Broadcasting Council. If this is not possible, another date must be found. Another special session will be requested for February 28th. The director and board of directors would have to ensure that the law firm submitted its final report there, it said.
31 lawyers, four law firms
The RBB report gives the impression that the law firm is helping “possible accomplices of the Schlesinger system” to “pull their heads out of the noose,” emphasized Stohn. Clarification is required about this. According to the RBB report, the work of the law firm is said to have included coordination and planning of a meeting with the public prosecutor’s office.
The broadcaster also reported, citing internal documents, that a total of 31 lawyers from four law firms had billed RBB more than 1.4 million euros from July to the end of November. The director and the board of directors would have to provide information, Stohn demanded.