Parties – Munich – Mayer: “Very emotional argument” with journalists – Bavaria
Munich (dpa) – After his resignation as CSU general secretary, the member of the Bundestag Stephan Mayer admitted a “very emotional argument” with a “colorful” journalist. At the same time, he himself made allegations against the journalist.
The “Bunte” journalist accuses Mayer of having threatened him over the phone in connection with a report on Mayer’s private life. According to a letter from the journalist’s lawyers to the CSU politician, Mayer is said to have said: “I will destroy you. I will find you, I will follow you to the end of your life.” And: “I’m demanding 200,000 euros in compensation for pain and suffering, you have to transfer it to me today.”
In response to a request from the German Press Agency, Mayer wrote: “I deny the specific allegations with ignorance.
Mayer went on to say that there was “a very emotional argument as a result of the illegal reporting”. “For example, the “Bunte” journalist described me as “crazy” and “that they had already dealt with others”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/.”
Mayer is now announcing legal steps on his part: he intends “to file a court claim for damages against Burda-Verlag due to the serious violation of personality caused by the reporting”.
Mayer announced his resignation as Secretary-General on Tuesday evening after just over two months in office. The 48-year-old named health reasons in a written statement. At the same time, however, he conceded a choice of words to a journalist that was “possibly” unavailable in retrospect.
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