Overview
- Stuttgart prosecutors are investigating nine current and former officials, including DTB president Alfons Hölzl and sports director Thomas Gutekunst.
- The cases involve suspicions of attempted intentional bodily harm and coercion by omission in multiple instances.
- The DTB says a review by law firm Redeker Sellner Dahs cleared Hölzl and Gutekunst of criminal wrongdoing, and the presidency sees no grounds for personnel changes.
- Ex-Olympian Janine Berger argues meaningful reform will only come through external scrutiny and says many affected athletes are increasingly frustrated.
- The expanded probe follows late‑2024 disclosures by Tabea Alt and others about systemic abuse at Stuttgart’s training center, after which early 2025 measures removed some trainers from duty.