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Stuttgart (AP) - The power struggle at Bundesliga soccer club VfB Stuttgart has reached the next level.
President Claus Vogt announced in a letter on Thursday evening that he had turned on the Stuttgart public prosecutor.
There is a suspicion of betrayal of secrets at VfB Stuttgart.
Vogt left it open what exactly it is about.
Media inquiries had prompted him to take the step, he wrote without giving details.
"Regardless of the involvement of the public prosecutor, which has unfortunately now become necessary, the focus should still be on clearing up the data affair," the 51-year-old continued.
"Yesterday's press release by the State Data Protection Officer of Baden-Württemberg, with which a fine procedure was initiated due to significant data breaches, confirms this."
The data affair has been burdening the traditional club for months.
How to deal with it is a central theme of the power struggle that has been raging in management for weeks.
Between 2016 and 2018, the VfB is said to have repeatedly passed on tens of thousands of member data to third parties - among other things, to promote the outsourcing of the professional department that was decided in summer 2017.
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In addition to the state commissioner for data protection, the Esecon law firm also investigated.
The final report of the company commissioned by the VfB was "forwarded to the responsible coordination group in accordance with the rules of procedure" on Thursday, wrote Vogt.
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