Actually, Dieter Wedel should soon be tried for rape, but the director dies before that at the age of 82. Now one of his sons doesn’t give him a good hair in public and describes the father as a “sadist” and “misanthrope”.
It was announced last week that Dieter Wedel died on July 13 in Hamburg at the age of 82. His death was made public by the Munich I Regional Court. He should soon be tried there because he is said to have raped an actress almost 25 years ago. The case against him has now been dropped. Nevertheless, the director’s family has not been able to rest since then.
Now Wedel’s sons have commented publicly on Instagram about the death of the famous father. Both had heard about it from the “Bild” newspaper. The 41-year-old Dominik Elstner then wrote on Instagram: “Rest in peace! Even if you weren’t the father I wanted, you’ve surprised me positively in the last three years. Thank you for that.”
His half-brother Benjamin Voland, who is 18 years his junior, then paints a completely different picture of the father. “Oh, dear brother, you hated our father almost as much as I did, and now you’re grateful to him? I get cold vomit from so much hypocrisy,” is his reaction to Elstner’s post. He adds: “Dieter Wedel was a monster, a sadist, rapist and misanthrope. The world has become a little better.”
Dieter Wedel was one of the most successful German directors. With miniseries such as “The Great Bellheim” (1993), “The King of St. Pauli” (1998) and “The Semmeling Affair” he delighted an audience of millions and wrote television history. He was also the artistic director of the Bad Hersfeld Festival for a long time.
The first allegations against Wedel became known in early 2018. At that time, three actresses in “Zeit-Magazin” accused him of sexually harassing them in the 1990s. The trial in Munich was supposed to be about the alleged rape of actress Jany Tempel in 1996. Dieter Wedel always denied all allegations. In an interview in 2018 he said: “Meanwhile I’m glad that these investigations exist. I trust the public prosecutor’s office.”