Former Bild boss Julian Reichelt
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The #MeToo debate is also about attacks that take place in those gray areas in which it is not possible to clearly distinguish between an allegedly consensual relationship, addiction and sexual harassment.
Unter the title “Weak evidence: Dealing with Reichelt in the media was not fair”, a comment by Markus Wiegand, editor-in-chief of the industry medium Kress pro, appeared this week in the Wiegand a multi-page Kress article about the central questions about the sacking of the former Image boss Julian Reichelt used to say: We did some research too! Unlike the New York Times and the Spiegel, together with the investigative team from Ippen, which published their revelations about Reichelt’s abuse of power in October, they would have decided against publication with Kress.
In Wiegand’s words: “Kress pro had contact with two affected women months ago. What they described sounded like a toxic relationship and, on a human level, extremely indecent. But that was not enough for us to be published because, in our opinion, the women concerned could not prove in court how exactly Reichelt was supposed to have put them under pressure in a professional context. On the contrary, both sources stated that the intimate relationship came about amicably. ”He did not want to defend Reichelt, according to Wiegand, who was told by an“ experienced lawyer in this field ”for his article that Reichelt’s behavior was“ highly likely for a termination not “was enough. In the “storm of indignation” that has so far been “pretty much drowned”. And therein lies the particular irony in the Reichelt case. According to Wiegand, his critics often enough “used exactly the tabloid methods that they criticize at Bild and Reichelt”.
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