New details: Abuse scandal at BVB widens | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund is confronted with new details in the abuse scandal. Several former victims have now filed detailed allegations against a former manager.

The abuse scandal at Borussia Dortmund is taking on ever larger dimensions. After BILD first reported last week on serious allegations against a former BVB manager, more alleged victims are now coming forward.

According to the newspaper, several men have now come forward who are said to have had contact with the accused in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s as youth players, fans, or neighbors. Their accounts are said to be similar, according to BILD, in some cases “down to the last detail.” Two of the affected individuals have now filed criminal complaints, and the police are investigating.

Ruhr Nachrichten is also now reporting on the case. According to this, more than five victims are said to have come forward, accusing the now 88-year-old man of sexual abuse. BVB then immediately initiated internal investigations, launched a procurement process, and additionally commissioned an external law firm to review the matter.

A man who is 46 today reported that in 1991 he and his brother were invited to an away game in Bremen. The BVB employee at the time paid for a hotel stay for him “together in a double bed.”

BVB reacts shaken to new revelations

Later, sexual assaults allegedly took place in the manager’s villa. In total, he said he experienced more than 150 cases of abuse — in some instances even at BVB headquarters. The man’s younger brother was allegedly touched by the former employee at just eleven years old.

Borussia Dortmund reacted with concern to the new revelations. “The allegations so far against a former employee of the club have shaken the entire BVB and affect us all,” a club spokesperson told BILD. The club has “set up internal and external contact points for those affected” and will “fully support the external investigations.” Additionally, “trauma-sensitive, victim-centered support” is to be provided by the German Sport University Cologne.

The club had already parted ways with the former employee in 2023 after another allegation became known. Previously, according to BVB, a “vaguely worded allegation” from 2010 had not been substantiated because no complaint had been filed and no evidence secured.

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