Coke investigation, death threats
Eintracht boss went through bad times
6/3/2023 11:52 am
Cocaine investigations, death threats, mental problems: Eintracht Frankfurt President Peter Fischer talks about the past few months in an emotional interview with RTL and ntv. In addition to family and friends, sport also helped him.
Eintracht Frankfurt President Peter Fischer talked about his past few months in an emotional interview. The 67-year-old spoke on RTL and ntv about the cocaine investigations that have since been discontinued and how they bothered him. “There was a very long time when I didn’t have any strength. That’s when I realized: I don’t have the energy to get up from my chair. That was a process. Good old friends and family always help in this process. that you can rely on,” said Fischer, who will resign as President after more than 23 years at the beginning of 2024.
The public prosecutor dropped the investigation against Fischer in March. In November 2022, investigations were launched against the club boss and three other suspects. They had been accused of illegally acquiring and storing an unknown amount of cocaine at an unknown time. Fischer spoke of “the most left-wing way” with which they wanted to get him through his underage son. He also received numerous death threats.
“All the brown dirt is loud”
“When you see the folder with all the things here, where I’m supposed to be killed and how I should die,” said the 67-year-old. There were “many” threats “that didn’t come to light either, that weren’t as media”. He stands for “a clear edge,” he said. Anyone who knows him knows “very well that I appreciate this democracy, that I am argumentative, that I am loud, that I don’t pretend,” says Fischer. “The others are loud. All the brown dirt is loud. We, the dear ones, are way too quiet. I’m one of the dear ones who is loud.” That’s why these “many things” happened to him outside of sport.
In addition to family and friends, sport also helped him in these difficult times. “Winning and losing together. What that means has helped my son and me. Winning the cup also helps me,” Fischer announced before the final against RB Leipzig this Saturday (8 p.m. / ZDF and Sky) in Berlin with the usual self-confidence .
Fischer spoke remarkably openly about a dialogue he had with himself during the difficult months. “There was a moment where I said, alright, the empire is fighting back. Get up, fall down ten times, get up eleven times. Stop preaching to the others. Look at yourself in the mirror, pathetic bastard. Stop feeling sorry for yourself,” the president said.