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IBIZA-GATE

THERE IS A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING

VENA
Construction is a thought.

It's usually about

about government
property, barracks...

- Exactly.
- Great stories about real estate.

Art collections,
nationalized by museums.

Government contracts -->

Such as telecommunications,

highways,

airports.

Are you out of your mind?

You can't just
and put all your cards on the table.

I don't give a shit what I said,
that asshole kept saying,

That everything has to be legal.

Of course, did you really think
he was that stupid?

Yes, please.
Rake up half of Austria.

Just give me...
a couple of million.

Is that how you think it works?

You know what amazes me?

Why Strache didn't pick up and leave right away.

From a moral point of view.
it's a disaster.

He's a representative of the people.

He'll probably say he was drunk.

But he's a politician, not somebody off the street.

He's elected by the people!

Who is Strache for in his party?

Who is it for?

To the common laborers.

And there he sits in Ibiza.

with an unfamiliar oligarch.

and discusses the most absurd deals.

He sits and wonders if it's going to work out.

Very close to the people.

You can't legally charge anything.

SOMEWHERE IN ROMANIA

Strache himself made us
a business proposition himself.

Strabag -

one of the largest
construction groups in Europe.

It makes billions. Every year.

For her, a few million is.

is nothing.

Maybe there is, after all.
another possibility.

A video plus a photo with money,

Plus expense receipts.

Exactly!

All that's left to do
the driver with the money,

so he could testify.

I know a man
who knows Haselsteiner.

And one of his lobbyists.
An old high school friend.

I'll give him a call.
He never liked right-wingers.

Cut out for me
all the Hazelsteiner moments for me.

And turn up the volume,
so you can understand the speech.

If Hazelsteiner sees
Strache wants to end it,

we're looking at a seven-figure sum.

- That's easy!
- Let's do it, let's do it!

Sometimes even friends from the past
can be useful.

Okay.

Wait.

Yeah, that's the one I want.

That's just an excerpt.

The entire video lasts over six hours.

- Would you like anything else?
- No, thank you. - Thank you.

By the way, the video is only part of it.

We have an insider who's collected
some impressive dirt on Strache.

Before you go any further:

I only came because
because you asked me to.

I'm not interested
in what you're offering.

Leave me alone

And don't call me again.

Just wanted to tell you that in person,

so there's no misunderstanding.

To Herr Haselsteiner.
I did not mention our meeting.

Neither he nor Strabag want to

to be involved in a video like this.

Do I make myself clear?

I'll get back to you.

What was that?

I didn't know they saw it that way.

I'm sorry.

Anyway.
you have to publish that video.

Strache is a danger
to all of us.

From a legal standpoint,
the film won't help us.

We need an informant's statement.

The video proves it,

that Strache is ready

to hand out government contracts
for electoral assistance.

No, the video proves it,

that Strache is a chatterbox.

That's not criminally punishable.

You're all just talkative,

but when it comes down to it,

you bury your head in the sand.

But it has to be made public,
no matter what,

whether you get something for it or not,

and you know it!

Have a good day.

There are reasons, why friendships sometimes
don't last.

That fast?

That asshole didn't even order a drink.

You told him Strache wanted
to take all of Strabag's orders?

Of course he does!

They don't want to get into it.

What now?

How should I know?

They don't take any of this seriously.

Or they're just afraid.

Who are these assholes?

Forget it.

I definitely won't forget that.

There's an election in three months,

And this video could destroy Strache.

As soon as the election campaign,

they're gonna be at each other's throats for this video.

We'll see about that.

Who knew that before the election

they'd all drift

Because of the Silberstein scandal.

Israeli police

have arrested five people
for money laundering.

Among them was...

campaign adviser

Chancellor Kern,

well-known political consultant
Tal Silberstein.

He, in turn, is behind the dirty
agitations.

Against Sebastian Kurtz.

Only this Saturday.
Chairman of the party apparatus.

Georg Niedermulbichler

realized the consequences of his foul play

and resigned.

The Social Democratic Party
is slipping more and more in the polls.

We don't want to have anything to do
we want nothing to do with.

If I may give you some advice,

As a colleague to a colleague.

I don't know how involved you were
in the creation of this video,

but it could get you
your license because of it.

And that's the least of the disasters.

- Hello.
- What's up?

Nothing.

Everybody's afraid.

- Damn!
- Julian?

I thought you said
they'd be at each other's throats for him!

Yeah, but I didn't know then,

that the social democrats
would hire a consultant,

who will dissuade them
from dirty campaigning.

But the video is not dirty campaigning.

Before the election, yes.

It won't get any better after either.

And now? What do we do now?

What do we do if the Freedom Party
wins the election?

I don't know.

Man, I risked my life in Ibiza.

They're gonna know I did it.

And that you're in on it, too.
They'll kill us!

If only we'd gotten there before the election
and intercepted the black and blue...

maybe things would have turned out differently.

Still, there's a difference,

if you get involved
with an opposition politician.

or someone in the government.

Here they are.

The numbers, I can hear them,

first extrapolation.

For the Social Democrats 25.5 percent.

That's 1.3 percent less.

For the Austrian People's Party...
31% have so far voted for the Austrian People's Party,

That's an increase of 7 percent.

And for the Freedom Party, 27.6 percent,

that's 7.1 percent more.

Okay, now that's curious.
The Greens have 4.2 percent.

CONGRATULATIONS, NOW WE'RE SCREWED!

And then the Austrian People's Party

actually formed
a kind of coalition with the Freedom Party.

In the heat of the moment before Christmas.

they started handing out presents.

Strache received the post of Vice Chancellor.

Norbert Hofer got the
Ministry of Infrastructure,

Beate Hartinger-Klein -

social and health care,

And to Herbert Kickle.

Department of the Interior.

So our Mr.

...was surrounded by police...
and an entire security apparatus.

JANUARY

We didn't have any more time left.

Strache was everything to them.

Thanks to him, the party shot up.

10 to 26 percent.

It was clear,
that the party would defend him.

And if she didn't,

then someone else.

Thank you. I'll see you later!

Russians love the Freedom Party.

Friends in the Kremlin and the government,

what more could you want?

I've seen guys like that before,

back in the Ukraine.

Mercenaries. They love that kind of showdown.

You give them money.

and you tell them that there's a bastard in Austria
there's a bastard,

who secretly filmed Strache:

"Deal with it."

The next day they're at your door.

To the airport.

You don't answer when I call.

If you bury your head in the sand,
the shit don't go away on its own.

- What is it?
- People we can turn to.

- Böhmermann?
- He's against the right.

- He's a comedian.
- He doesn't talk, he does.

The negotiation is on me, we had an agreement.

To make it look like Haselsteiner?

Now everything should
everything should be running in parallel.

Have you installed Threema messenger?

The Secret Service can at any time

to tap your phone.
- Julian, you have to...

Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me.

From now on, we communicate
only through encrypted channels.

Julian, you need to get out more
out into the world more.

You're gonna drive yourself crazy.

They sit in the Ministry
Interior Ministry, they own everything.

We have to release the video.

Can I borrow some money?

How much?

Ten thousand.

Come to the office tomorrow.

I'll bring it back.

We need to go abroad.

We're done with Austria.

I found a journalist in New York,

He's got connections.

These people know exactly
who to talk to,

To let the story out.

MUNHEN

MAY

- Obermeyer.
- Good afternoon, Herr Obermaier.

An American colleague
gave me your number.

He told me to contact you.

- Are they brothers?
- I don't think so.

The handwriting is different.

They've been covering
Panama's leaked documents.

He mentioned you,
but he didn't say what he was talking about.

I have some dirt.

on a famous
European politician.

Which politician are we talking about?

I don't want to say his name.

on the phone.

Let me just say that he has
powerful allies.

and powerful sponsors,

but I'd like to discuss the details in person.

Which country are we talking about?

Germany? Austria?

About Austria.

Can we meet?

I'm sorry, I don't date people
that I don't know.

Would you mind telling me your name?

I'll dial it again.

We still have to double-check
the origin of the photos.

It's all just...
too vague for me yet.

It's got to be clear.

But in principle, I think,

it's all clear. Hold on. Excuse me.

MY NAME IS RAMIN MIRFAHRAY.

He has a law firm in Vienna,

that specializes in projects
in real estate and construction.

He's also the co-owner
Of a beauty salon.

Swanky, swanky.

Why us?

Why didn't he go
to his Austrian colleagues with this?

Look, if this is really about
about a high-ranking politician--

distance doesn't hurt.

Yeah, let's do it together.

In two weeks.
I get back from Boston.

I'll meet you and take a look at it together.

Yeah, but in two weeks.
the story might not even exist.

Look, why don't I just go over
with the material in the meantime,

and you can join me
when you get here, okay?

Okay, all right. Take care of yourself.

I'M IN THE CITY.

I'LL TEXT YOU WHEN I GET BACK.

MEET ME AT THE BAR AT THE PALACE HOTEL.

Hello. Mirfahrai.

Obermeyer.

We'll take a look at everything.

But we'll publish it only then,

when we have...incontrovertible evidence.

What do we publish, when, how -

it's up to us to decide.

This is not about interfering
in the decisions of a publishing house,

It's about the big picture.

The resonance of this story
is going to be so strong,

that it's likely to change the lives
a lot of people's lives forever.

And for some people, not for the better.

You know what it's like what it's like to
work with informants.

That's why I can't just hand you the material.

I have a responsibility to people,

that I represent.

But I'll be honest,

it's also about the money.

Sorry to interrupt,

But the Süddeutsche Zeitung will not pay.

We never pay for information.

Your colleagues in Vienna are not so honest.

They want to see first,
what I've got.

Before they show the middle finger.

That's not how we work.

People know that.
and that's why they come to us.

So if you want money,
you're in the wrong place.

But if you want history

was properly handled,

then it makes sense to continue the conversation.

Let's go.

Turn off and put away
your cell phones.

This is an excerpt.

May I?

Look: as soon as she

Will take over the newspaper,

as soon as that happens,

we'll have to have a frank conversation.

BERLIN

Are you stupid? That guy pissed me off so much!

Zero reaction. Zero, nothing.

Sitting like this,

like we put a fucking phone book
a fucking phone book in front of him.

One, one, one. Those three or four...

Three or four people
need a push.

Those three or four people need to be drained.

I thought it was a fake.

I thought they were trying
to trick me into filming it.

You see Strache.

Ibiza

in a shabby T-shirt,

see how he's philosophizing
about the takeover of the Kronen Zeitung.

This is totally insane!

Is there something on the other computers
are there any on the other computers?

- What is it?
- Strache's expense reports,

photos.

Did you take these pictures?

A man from Strache's entourage.

- Is that Strache's car?
- Yes. It's a service car.

Anyone could have planted the money.

How do you know
that it belonged to Strache?

Unfortunately, without the man's testimony,

who took the pictures, they're useless.

My client is ready to testify.

All he needs is financial support.

I understand.

But like I said,

we're not going to pay.
- What?

That decision is not going to change.

What does that mean?

Pulitzer Prize winner?
Of course he is!

I would love
shove it up his ass.

There's a total of
over six hours of footage,

recorded last summer in Ibiza.

Who are those two people you dated?

One we know by name.
He's a lawyer in Vienna.

Apparently he advises an informant,

who's collected dirt on Strache.

- And the other one?
- We don't know.

We need that material. All of it.

We have to check everything.

We said that, but they need the money,

to protect the informant.

We'll have to wait.

It's about the Vice Chancellor of Austria.

If this proves to be true,
the government could collapse.

We won't let anybody use us.

No one.

We don't have a video yet,

we'd like to take a moment
and clarify a few things.

For example, the financial issue.

Do you still have the receipts?
You said there was sushi.

Sushi!

How did you know about that?
And are there any receipts left?

- We can send that to you.
- Great.

What can you tell us about the informant?

We understand, of course,
that you can't tell us his name,

but we should be able to get some
a picture of the man.

We have to make sure
that he exists,

that there's no secret service
is not behind all of this.

No, no, no. It's not the secret service.

It's one of his drivers.

His bodyguard?

Yes.

Why does he have a grudge against him?

By getting the video,

when will you release it to the public?

We're working as fast as we can.

and as thoroughly as possible.

What does that mean? Are we talking about a week? A month?

Unfortunately, we can't tell you
anything specific.

Especially when we don't have the materials.

We'll publish it when we're ready.

He thinks he's so irresistible.

But there are other journalists in Germany
other journalists.

VENA

The Spiegel reporter is already there.

All clear.

So...

Okay.

All right, we're gonna need
the original recordings.

At the end of the day,
we have to double-check them.

When do we get the video?

When the time comes.

Okay.

And when will that be?

We'll see.

What's that?

Special glasses.

They're the only way to see it.

Okay.

We should double-check that.

It's Goodenus.

State contracts?

That can't be right.

I don't even know where to start.

So many moments.

Sponsors,

Strache's purchased media,

transfer of lucrative
government contracts.

How much longer are you going to drag this out?

Till it all comes together.

Are you negotiating
with anyone else?

If you're talking to Spiegel, know this:
they don't pay for information either.

Don't talk, do it.

See you later!

Listen, are you sure
that the Spiegel won't pay?

No, I'm not sure.

I'll be biting my elbows
if they take the scoop from us.

- Do you have a minute?
- What are we talking about?

We suspect that the Spiegel
is also interested in the Ibiza story.

- What makes you think that?
- An informant said.

Can you negotiate with him
for an exclusive?

How? They're dragging their feet.

until they get
what they want somewhere else.

But I have a suggestion.

- Let's do it together.
- What?

A story.

If we let the source
Turn us against each other,

we will only lose from it.

"The Spiegel has never worked
with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

There's a first time for everything.

Okay. Give it a try.

Just don't complain,
when you lose your nerve.

Well, to do that.
you need to know the following:

Our former boss, Hans Leyendecker,

used to work for Spiegel.

Then he had an argument
with the editor-in-chief, Stefan Aust.

and moved to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Since then, the two men
have been making each other's lives difficult.

as much as they could.

But Aust is now working with Springer,

And Leyendecker takes care of his garden.

We think it's time to

to start over.

Salud. This is Bastian Obermaier.

From the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Bastian...

What a surprise.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

Do you have a minute?

Yes.

I'm afraid we're working on the same story.

You haven't, by any chance, met any people,

who are offering you some kind of video from
a Spanish vacation?

From the Balearic Island?

Yes.

Shall we continue this conversation?

Yeah, let's do that.

Yes?

Let me just tell you
what we know.

Go ahead, please. Go ahead.

We've been doing this for months.

on contact with our source.

He showed us the video from the villa in Ibiza.

and pictures of bags full of money,

that appear to belong to...
of Austria's top politician.

And yes, we are conducting an investigation.

- That sounds familiar, yes.
- Are you going to publish this story?

If we get the video, yes.

Why, do you get the video?

Would I have called then?

Listen,

we don't want no rat race.

That can only hurt.

It's complicated enough as it is.

I'm thinking,

we should cooperate.

I agree with you.

I can't make any promises,
but I'll talk to the editor in chief.

Neither can I.

Then we're on, aren't we?

- 494 00:26:49,530 --> 00:26:51,000 Okay.
- Salud.

JUNE

JULY
"The Spiegel won't pay either.

Is that what they wrote?

No, they wrote that they were
working on the story.

Along with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

I don't think you need to ask again.

Julian?

Julian?

I'll call you.

What did you do with my stuff?

You can't stay here anymore.

Why not?

It's not safe here.

We're not safe anymore.

Are you trying to get rid of me?

What do you want from me?

I don't know how long I'm gonna be here.

Here you go.

Take it! It's just for now.

Take it!

- You think you're smart.
- No, come on, don't say that.

- You're welcome.
- But you're not.

You treat people like crap.

You have no real friends.
Do you understand that?

You hang around with nothing but jerks.

That's bullshit, that's bullshit,

that you've been doing
with your lawyer--

you think that's gonna make a difference?

You're not a hero.

You never will be.

Because you're a chatterbox! That's why!

Look, take it.

Take it.

You're welcome.

Take it.

In politics, there is
a certain circle of people,

who speak out loudly,

Especially to Strache.

But in public they all shut up right away.

Journalists, reds, blacks.

no matter who.

No one helped us.

We were alone.

And here you are standing.

Life has stopped,

It's like it's frozen.

I couldn't think of anything else.

Just that shit.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

The lawyer ignored me for months.

You can't start doing something,

and then act like
like it never happened.

Especially when the political climate

in Austria has changed so much.

Right-wing conservatives plan to
SEPTEMBER

Amend the Constitution,
OCTOBER

To be able to in the future

to apply preventive detention
for a number of asylum seekers.

This was announced by the
Secretary of the Interior,

Herbert Kickl, a member of the Freedom Party.

The goal of the new tightening

Asylum Law

is that in the future
to make it practically impossible

to apply
for asylum in Austria.

After the government
the blues came in,

things got even worse.

Now there's a lot of talk
about population exchange,

and, uh, not at all shy about it,

not the rank and file members of parliament,

but by the very top.

It's totally official.
OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

JANUARY

I'm sorry, I have to take this.

Just a minute.

What's up?

Why aren't you answering, asshole?

I can't skip ahead

Every time you call.

I saw the Strache driver on TV.

He's working for him again.

Did you know that?

He told me, yes.

When?

A long time ago.

That would only make you sad.

Plus it doesn't change anything.

It doesn't change anything?

The bird crawls back
into Strache's cage,

And we run around trying to find it,

where to make a buck? Doesn't make any difference?

Look, if we offer him
offer him something,

he'll testify against Strache.

Besides,
it's just a job for him.

And we're better off
if he has our man by his side.

If anything happens, we'll know about it.

Question.

Here's the question.

Did he ever tell you at all,

that he would testify?

He's ready, I know it.

He's just afraid of losing everything.

To hell with the driver. We don't need him.

- Julian?
- Julian what?

They're on my tail.

Who?

There's people outside my house.

They're watching me.

- We can't wait any longer.
- I can't do that.

I don't have time right now, you know?

I'll call you tomorrow.

MARCH

The lawyer didn't do anything else.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands.

And that's when it all went wrong.

APRIL

- Listening.
- It's all over. Everybody knows.

- What happened?
- Fucking clown gave it all away.

If I die tomorrow, it's his fault.

I'll send the link.

Yes?

I'm here.

Hello, dear ladies.

Dear silly harlots,

Romy's guests.

Hi, Ostmark.

I'm Dr. Jan Böhmermann.

Right now I'm hanging out.

with a couple of my friends
from the Freedom Party.

at a Russian oligarch's villa in Ibiza.

I'm already pretty drunk.

We're discussing whether or not I can
to get my hands on the Kronen Zeitung,

and with it the public
the public consciousness of all Austria.

But unfortunately, I'm not allowed
to discuss this openly,

especially today,

So I'll just say thank you.
Thank you.

I shouldn't have told him that.
It was a bad idea.

I showed it to one of his men.
In confidence.

That asshole fooled me.

Everybody wants this story,
but nobody wants to back us up.

We're always ready
to support our source,

We defend it.

But we're not in the same boat with you.

We warned you.

You have to make it public.

No, it's over.
The video will be destroyed.

- Listen to this.
- It's over.

Damn it!

...to pay a $600,000 fine.

600,000 fine?

When you have $20 million,
you can pay it.

We're really

get an opportunity
advance in the paper.

two or three weeks before the election.

- Right.
- Those would be her assets.

Three weeks before the election.

Do you understand?
Then we have no reason to talk.

We should sit down together
and tell you how we do things around here.

One, one, one.

And all the government contracts,

that Strabag
Strabag,

will go to her.

Three or four people
need a push.

Those three or four people need to be drained.

- Listening.
- When the video comes out,

they're gonna get to the source
and mix me up with shit.

I've been in jail.

They caught me
with five grams of cocaine,

but it wasn't mine.

I was undercover at the time.

They're going to turn it around.

It's going to hurt history.

And so will you.

Don't worry about us.

We're used to resistance.

If Strache had left that night,

as any normal politician
any normal politician would have done,

upon receiving such an offer,

this conversation wouldn't be happening right now.

But he stayed sitting.
And he sat for six hours.

It doesn't matter,

what you've been doing before.

It's the history that counts here.

I don't want to talk about it anymore.

It's too late.

No one takes Böhmermann
takes it seriously.

No one understood,
what he was muttering.

- Those two understood.
- They're not retards.

If they do anything to us,
they're gonna hurt themselves.

- Let's get it all out there.
- You think a video will protect us?

Forget it, they'll put child porn and drugs
with kiddie porn and drugs in the trunk.

and fuck us over.

If I go to prison,
I'll never get out of there alive.

I was undercover.

I was exposing the Ukrainian
doping mafia.

They don't forget that.

If I don't get the hell out of here,
I'm screwed.

Okay, okay.

Strache's driver has to testify.

If he doesn't testify,
Strache will survive the whole thing,

but we won't.

- I work with investors.
- You've been for two years.

you work with investors, so what?

Nothing.

Can I ask you something?

Seriously.

Did you even try?

You are such an asshole.

I've been running around all day.

and trying to sell this video
under my real name.

Only you're not in the video.

If something goes wrong,
you'll get out of it, you're a lawyer.

You want a new life?

I don't.

I want my old one back.

Okay.

Okay.

You purposely made
that video of Böhmermann,

so we wouldn't make it?

We wouldn't have made it anyway.

Not after Ibiza.

- What do you want for the video?
- What?

- 100? 200,000?
- What? What-what?

- I'll buy it from you.
- You suddenly have money?

- Give it to the chauffeur!
- It's not like I have millions saved up.

Besides, we wanted to let him out,

when Strache was in opposition.

Now he's in government.

He's gonna kill us!
You want to watch the rest of your life

...as Strache...
get reelected over and over again?

What do you want me to say?

I want to get the go-ahead.

You don't care what I say.

No.

I won't do it without you telling me to do it.

Friend,

we know too much.

733 00:40:32,210 --> 00:40:33,610 Okay.

Publish.

Get your affairs in order.
We have two or three weeks.

We'd be there now.

319, please.

Thank you.

Then I had to bail.

Someplace no one would ever find me.

SOMEWHERE IN ROMANIA

I've read it a hundred times.

You got it without the hostility
and prejudice, right?

No hostility.

Then I'm sending.

746 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,220 Okay.

Sent.

Dear Herr Strache,

we are the editors of the newspaper
Süddeutsche Zeitung

And we are writing an article about you.

More precisely, about the supposed meeting.

In July 2017 somewhere in Ibiza,

At which you were present,
Johan Goodenus and his wife.

And two other people:

A woman who, according to our information,

was introduced to you as a Russian oligarch,

and a man who, apparently,
who obviously had something to do with her.

It was supposedly happening
at some villa.

There was a discussion,

that a woman is willing
to invest in the Austrian economy.

That it would be beneficial
Freedom Party.

We have some questions for you,
Herr Strache.

Please answer them by tomorrow,

May 16, 2019, 2:30 p.m.

Allegedly discussed,

that a woman was going to

to buy 50 percent of the Kronen Zeitung,

and then take advantage
its influence

and support you and the party in the election.

Is this true?

- Good evening and welcome.
- Good evening.

It's a political bomb,
that went off a few minutes ago.

The video exposes the leader of the Freedom Party
and Vice Chancellor.

Heinz-Christian Strache
in a very ugly light.

We don't have the rights to this video yet,

so we can only tell you
what can be seen on it.

German News Publishers
Süddeutsche Zeitung and Spiegel

are reporting that the secretly filmed video
hit Strache hard.

It shows him promising
to a certain sponsor from Russia.

government contracts,

If he helps him win the election.

Yeah, something to do with the purchase of
the Kronen Zeitung,

Strache promises counter services.

More Strache says,

that he wants to change the media system
along the lines of Hungary.

These are all big accusations against...

The scandal surrounding my identity.

should have no effect whatsoever.

on the current government.

Because that was the purpose of

of this illegal, dirty action,

that took place here.

So today at 11:00 a.m.

I had a conversation with the Federal
Chancellor.

Sebastian Kurtz, in which I

made an offer to resign.

and resign his position Vice Chancellor of
the Republic of Austria.

He endorsed him.

Thousands of demonstrators.

in front of the State Chancellery.

celebrating Strache's resignation.

and at the same time demanding a new election.

The sun is shining.

Herr Strache has resigned.

This is a new beginning.

Let's see where it leads.

DECEMBER

I don't know if anything will change.
I don't think so.

Someday there's gonna be another Strache,

that's for sure.

But I would do the same thing again.
Because it was necessary.

Herr Hessenthaler, you are under arrest.

After the video was released to the public,

the hunt for me began.

The lawyer was right:
life will never be the same again.

JULIAN HESSENTHALER WAS ARRESTED
IN BERLIN ON DECEMBER 10, 2020.

IN MARCH 2021
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO AUSTRIA.

IN SEPTEMBER 2021. A TRIAL BEGAN AGAINST HIM.

HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION...
AND SALE OF NARCOTICS.

RAMIN MIRFAHRAI IS STILL WORKING
AS A LAWYER IN VIENNA.

AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO
AUSTRIAN FREEDOM PARTY

LOST HALF OF ITS VOTERS.

THE RESIGNATION OF H.-C. STROHE
LED TO A NEW ELECTION.

THE AUSTRIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
AND THE GREEN PARTY.

TOGETHER THEY FORMED...
A GOVERNMENT COALITION.

H.-C. STRACHET ON OCTOBER 11, 2020
TOOK PART AGAIN IN THE ELECTIONS IN VIENNA

WITH HIS OWN TEAM.

HE BLEW THE ELECTION WITH FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTE.