The tabloid that more than any other chases the hype in Germany, Bild, ends up causing scandal for the conduct of its director, Julian Reichelt.

At the age of 42, the former war reporter was fired after the New York Times wrote down the complaints of several young employees of the newspaper:

"This is how Bild works, whoever sleeps with the boss has the best job," one of them told investigators, according to the American newspaper.

Arrived in 2017 at the helm of the most widely read German tabloid in Europe, Reichelt had already made headlines last spring, when Axel Springer had launched an internal investigation into his behavior.

The affair, however, was quickly closed in the face of the fact that the accusations raised by the editorial staff "of consenting sexual relations and drug use in the workplace" had no criminal relevance. After 12 days of forced leave, Reichelt had returned to his post, flanked by a woman.

Axel Springer announced on Monday evening that he had fired the director of Bild with immediate effects, immediately appointing a successor: Johannes Boie, 37, previously at the helm of Welt am Sonntag.

Springer spoke of "new insights" that would reveal "an unclear separation between the professional and private spheres" in the conduct of the director, who among other things "lied" in the past.

The article in the American newspaper relaunched the accusations "of invitations to dinner via Instagram and quick promotions for journalists, which however quickly fell from the director's graces".

Reichelt, married, would go so far as to produce a fake separation certificate to prove to a young journalist that he was free.

In one of the first cases reported by the NYT, dating back to 2016, Reichelt allegedly tried to convince a 26-year-old girl not to disclose their relationship in order not to lose her job, and promoted her, a year later, once she reached the direction.

(Unioneonline / F)

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