Ex-director Verena Formen-Mohr (54, right) had complained about her expulsion. Vain Photo: Michael Sauerbier
By Michael Sauerbier
The new RBB boss wins over the old one! In the first judgment on the broadcaster scandal, the labor court was intendant Katrin Vernau (49) right: the immediate dismissal of the right hand of her predecessor Patricia Schlesinger (61) was correct.
Verena Formen-Mohr (54) was Schlesinger’s director for six years. For an annual salary of 180,000 euros. A day after her scandal boss was kicked out, she was released and later fired. Wrongly, Formen-Mohr claimed in the labor court: “I don’t have to blame myself!”
Yes, the judges ruled. Reason: The manager had hired and paid for expensive consultants without a contract. With our broadcasting fees. The court: “In doing so, she endangered the financial interests of the broadcaster.”
“I never initiated or commissioned a single contract on my own or even on my own,” said Formen-Mohr. She only implemented decisions made by Schlesinger and her directors. They were also fired without notice – and are also complaining.
The RBB also accuses the ex-director of having deceived the board of directors. With far too low costs for the planned new building. Formen-Mohr denied this, as well as the incorrect billing of two business trips to Israel and Paris. Schlesinger ordered them to the Seine.
The fired woman relied in vain on the sympathy of the judges. “I was the sole breadwinner, responsible for my husband and two children,” she complained. “We had to borrow money. I currently have no chance on the job market.”
She can still appeal the verdict.