Patricia Schlesinger, head of Berlin public broadcaster RBB, resigned Sunday amid media reports she used public funds to bankroll a luxury lifestyle for herself and her ex-husband.
Schlesinger, who was on a $308,000 annual salary at RBB, is accused of using the German public broadcaster to bankroll a lavish lifestyle for herself and her ex-husband, thejournalist Gerhard Spörl.
As head of Berlin-based RBB, a position she has held since 2016, Schlesinger is a prominent figure on the German media scene. RBB is one of the nine regional public broadcasters that make up ARD, Germany’s joint pubweb network which, with an annual budget of $7 billion and more than 22 thousand employees, is the world’s largest public broadcaster. RBB is also one of the main sponsors of the Berlin
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