Drunk at the wheel
New details about Lehmann’s alcohol ride
01.04.2025 – 9:30 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The Oktoberfest ended in a police check for Jens Lehmann. Now further details should be leaked through.
After a nightly traffic control in Munich, Jens Lehmann is faced with criminal proceedings. The officials met the former German goalkeeper in a state that raises questions.
The incident occurred on the night of September 23, 2024, when Lehmann was traveling in his car after a visit to the “Schützenfestzelt” of the Oktoberfest. A patrol noticed the vehicle that drove over a pulled line-shortly afterwards the 55-year-old was stopped.
As the “Bild” newspaper now reports, the police are said to have been smell of alcohol at the open car window. The control was then unusual: Instead of the driver’s license, Lehmann initially showed the officials his identity card. He was only able to present the document they were looking for after several attempts.
At the subsequent control of the vehicle, Lehmann got out of balance. When he was to show the warning triangle and association box at the request of the officials, he had to support himself on the open trunk flap. In addition, Lehmann is said to have had problems with the alcohol test. When he was supposed to blow, a gag, as it continues. Then he briefly removed and went to the roadside, apparently to choke again. Finally, blood was taken from him around 2 a.m.
The result: around 0.7 per thousand. The Munich public prosecutor then applied for a penalty order of over 80 daily rates of 900 euros each. Since Lehmann appealed, the process is now on Thursday. The driver’s license has already been withdrawn. It is unclear whether the 55-year-old appears personally in court. A representation by his lawyer would also be possible – provided that there is a written power of attorney. However, if nobody appears, the objection would be automatically rejected.
In an interview with Welt TV, he had already spoken about the incident shortly after the alcohol trip – and admittedly to behave incorrectly. “The truth was that I made a mistake because I thought I could drive. It wasn’t. I had 0.7 per thousand,” said the ex-national goalkeeper.
“It was not a good thing from me that I regret. I misjudged myself, drove two hours after the event. With 0.7 per thousand you get your driver’s license. That is also really the case,” he said.
Even then, a policeman commented on the “picture”: “It is wrong that he then put himself at the wheel. Around the Oktoberfest, it is teeming with police officers who are supposed to prevent exactly such suffer trips.” In the interview, however, Lehmann now emphasized that he was by no means very drunk: “It was sometimes shown as if I had been totally drunk, which was not the case at all.”