Overview
- Markus Hennig, speaking for Kasia Lenhardt’s relatives, says the family is appalled by the three-part ARD/BR documentary and urges its removal.
- He accuses the film of using Lenhardt’s death as an emotional pivot for Boateng’s narrative and of presenting glamorous images that misrepresent her tragedy.
- Hennig says the production contacted the family only about four weeks before release, by which time the documentary was largely complete.
- ARD tells the German press agency that the film examined Boateng’s career and the public debate from multiple angles and relied only on publicly verifiable essentials concerning Lenhardt.
- The dispute follows Boateng’s July 2024 conviction for intentional bodily harm against the mother of his children and Lenhardt’s 2021 suicide, with some journalists who appeared in the film later distancing themselves over edited critical remarks.