Overview
- This week Achim Petry publicly recounted on the 'Drews / Cordalis / Petry – Kids-Club' podcast that he was held in U-Haft, German pretrial detention, for 48 hours as a teenager after being arrested in a probe into cannabis sales.
- Petry said the arrest happened when he was about 18 or 19, that he was kept in a single cell, and that he refused to incriminate a friend who later surrendered and secured his release.
- He told hosts and later the press that only his mother and his wife knew about the incident at the time and that his father Wolfgang Petry was never informed until now.
- Petry framed the episode as a youthful mistake that led to reflection and a long-term change in behavior, saying the short jail stay convinced him not to repeat that path.
- Reporters note the account comes from Petry himself and from podcast audio; outlets have amplified the story but do not report new legal action or independent court records.