A “Bild” interview with Jérôme Boateng will be published on February 2, 2021. In it he talks about the end of the relationship with Kasia Lenhardt. Among other things, he claims that Kasia Lenhardt blackmailed him. He never wanted to have a relationship with her.
Afterwards, a mud fight begins in the tabloid media. Kasia Lenhardt believes that the NDA prohibits her from making her view of the relationship public. Boateng's claims therefore remain largely unchallenged.
According to Jérôme Boateng's lawyer, "it was Kasia Lenhardt's autonomous wish, expressed in front of witnesses, to sign a confidentiality agreement." After Jérôme Boateng's "Bild" interview, Kasia Lenhardt became the center of a smear campaign online and sought help from lawyers. She wants to challenge the confidentiality agreement.
That doesn't happen because Kasia Lenhardt is found dead on February 9, 2021. Shortly before her death, she took two calls on her cell phone.
Podcast series »NDA«
“NDA: The Kasia Lenhardt File” is a six-part podcast series about the Kasia Lenhardt case. Three years ago, the ex-girlfriend of soccer star Jérôme Boateng took her own life.
For this podcast, SPIEGEL evaluated files, witness statements, technical equipment, clinical findings and more than 25 hours of voice messages. The two journalists Nora Gantenbrink and Maike Backhaus come across new evidence that Kasia Lenhardt may have experienced violence in their relationship, which Jérôme Boateng denies.
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