"Ich habe Werner Hansch für eine ehrliche Haut gehalten. Für einen Typen aus dem Ruhrgebiet, auf dessen Wort man zählen kann. Da habe ich mich schwer getäuscht", sagte Bosbach dem "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger". Hansch habe ihm im Mai 2018 "unter Tränen" berichtet, dass er in einer finanziellen Notlage sei.
Er habe am Tag zuvor einen Unfall gebaut und benötige jetzt 20.000 Euro, um den Schaden des Unfallgegners zu regulieren. Die Polizei habe Hansch, der "etwas getrunken" habe, aus Angst vor der Presse nicht einschalten wollen, da er schon einmal an einen schweren Verkehrsunfall beteiligt gewesen sei, sagte Bosbach. Er habe dem Moderator aber nicht die geforderte Summe, sondern lediglich 5000 Euro gegeben. "Ich bin ja nicht Rockefeller", so der CDU-Politiker.
Bosbach weist Vorwürfe der Opposition im Landtag zurück
Den Vorwurf der Opposition im NRW-Landtag, er sei dazu bereit gewesen, eine Trunkenheitsfahrt zu vertuschen, wies Bosbach zurück: "Als ich von dem angeblichen Unfall erfuhr, waren ja nach Darstellung von Hansch schon alle Fakten geschaffen. Deswegen ist der Vorwurf, ich hätte dabei geholfen, etwas zu vertuschen, totaler Quatsch. Sein Blutalkohol wäre im Nachhinein nicht mehr feststellbar gewesen", sagte Bosbach. Rückblickend wäre es wohl besser gewesen, wenn er "misstrauischer gewesen" wäre. "Dann wäre ich vielleicht nicht von Hansch reingelegt worden", erklärte Bosbach. Das Geld habe er mittlerweile zurückerhalten. Der 81-jährige Hansch feiert derzeit beim Streamingdienst DAZN sein Combeback als Sportreporter. pm, ots
English version
Wolfgang Bosbach, CDU interior politician, has made serious accusations against former radio presenter Werner Hansch. He said he had borrowed 5000 euros from him to cover the costs of an accident, which Hansch is said to have invented. "I thought Werner Hansch was an honest man. For a guy from the Ruhr area whose word you can count on. I was seriously mistaken," Bosbach told the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger". Hansch had told him in May 2018 "in tears" that he was in a financial emergency.
The day before, he had caused an accident and now needed 20,000 euros to settle the damage of the other party involved in the accident. Bosbach said that the police did not want to call Hansch, who had "had a few drinks", for fear of the press, as he had been involved in a serious traffic accident before. However, he had not given the presenter the sum demanded, but only 5000 euros. "I am not Rockefeller", the CDU politician said.
Bosbach rejects accusations by opposition in state parliament
Bosbach rejected the accusation by the opposition in the NRW state parliament that he had been prepared to cover up a drunken driving incident: "When I heard about the alleged accident, all the facts had been established, according to Hansch. That's why the accusation that I helped to cover something up is complete nonsense. His blood alcohol would have been undetectable afterwards," said Bosbach. Looking back, it would probably have been better if he had been "more suspicious". "Then perhaps I wouldn't have been fooled by Hansch," Bosbach explained. The money had been returned to him by now. The 81-year-old Hansch is currently celebrating his comeback as a sports reporter with the streaming service DAZN. pm, ots, mei