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A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
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Emergency services...
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Yeah, can you send
an ambulance to the rue du Tilleul?
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We found an individual
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with his hands and feet tied.
He was gagged with duct tape
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and his head was smashed in.
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Is the person conscious?
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Yeah, so far, he is,
but he's in really bad shape.
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He says he was kidnapped in Germany.
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He's wanted for voluntary manslaughter.
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Voluntary manslaughter?
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For a while now.
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The case dates back
to almost thirty years ago,
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when a 14-year-old French girl,
Kalinka, was killed in the 1980s.
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There's been an unexpected development...
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LINDAU
GERMANY
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JULY 10, 1982
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WALTRAUD MAYER
PARAMEDIC
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ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI
KALINKA'S FATHER
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GERMANY
LINDAU
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BAMBERSKI FAMILY
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ELISABETH ARAGON
ANDRE BAMBERSKI'S NEIGHBOUR.
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AUTOPSY REPORT
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ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS IN THE LUNGS,
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WE CANNOT EXCLUDE INFLAMMATORY
AND PATHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS.
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WE CANNOT DETERMINE A CLEAR CAUSE OF DEATH
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ALEXANDRE PARRA-BRUGUIÈRE
DANIÈLE GONNIN'S LAWYER
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BECAUSE I WAS OVERWORKED,
THEY ALLOWED ME TO ANSWER IN WRITING.
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DR WOLFGANG EISENMENGER
MEDICAL EXAMINER
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250MG INJECTION
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PATRICIA JOLLY
JOURNALIST
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POLICE
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YVES LEVANO
DIETER KROMBACH'S LAWYER
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PHILIPPE MOTTA
JOURNALIST
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DANY
PUT HER CONSCIENCE AT EASE
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MURDER, HOMICIDE
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A STRANGE STORY
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IS DR. DIETER KROMBACH A VICTIM?
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A STRANGE STORY
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AUTOPSY, POST-EXHUMATION
DECEMBER 4, 1985
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THE GENITALS WERE REMOVED
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NO REMAINING PARTS
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SPECIFY
THE OCCURRENCE OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
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BY EXAMINING THE GENITALS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED
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FRANÇOIS GIBAULT
ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI'S LAWYER
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I SEE NO REASON FOR ME TO TRAVEL
TO PARIS FOR A HEARING.
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SVENJA MAUER-GÜNTHER
FORMER LINDAU RESIDENT
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IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN INTRAVENOUS
INJECTION PERFORMED HOURS BEFORE HER DEATH
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THE REGURGITATION
OF FOOD SUBSTANCES INTO THE AIRWAYS
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BARBARA VÖLKEL
TV REPORTER
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The sex offender remains a free man.
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Dr. Krombach could have gotten 10 years.
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Nobody here understands the mild sentence.
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More than 2,200 signatures
have been collected in a petition
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to keep the doctor
away from patients for good.
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A Frontal interview of the sex offender
on camera.
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Only vetted questions could be asked,
in the presence of his lawyer.
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Did you believe
she was a willful participant?
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She never said yes,
but she never said no either.
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When I kissed her, she kissed back.
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At first, I was just kissing her,
and I said "Do you want to go further?"
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And she just smiled.
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It was very interesting for me,
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and I also speak a little Russian and...
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I told her "I love you" in Russian
during the act.
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And I mean,
I'm not saying she was ecstatic,
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but I had the impression
that she was agreeing to it.
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Like they said in ancient Rome:
"Those who remain silent seem to agree."
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Can I briefly speak with you?
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No.
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- Can we do a short interview?
- No, we cannot, we won't. Thank you.
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PETRA STEPHAN
LIBRARIAN
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JUSTICE FOR KALINKA
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THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF DR. KROMBACH
FROM LINDAU, BY LAKE CONSTANCE
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GERMANY
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LICENSE TO PRACTICE
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Kalinka, Bamberski's daughter,
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died at the young age of 15
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after an injection given by Dr. Krombach.
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JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
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I thought, "it's too risky."
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"If anything happens
and I know what kind of guy he is,
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I have to make it public now."
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It's ridiculous to think,
as Mr. Bamberski does,
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that I made love to her.
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That you raped her!
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I didn't need to, I was married,
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I was happy with Kalinka's mother.
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Besides, she did stay with me
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for another five years,
I believe. We got divorced.
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But it wasn't because of this,
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it was because I cheated on her
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with another woman, a friend of hers.
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Well, it happens.
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SCHEIDEGG
GERMANY
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ANTON KRASNIQI
BARMAN
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HIGH COURT
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He's wanted for voluntary manslaughter.
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Voluntary manslaughter?
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For a while now.
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Rue du Tilleul?
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Yeah, rue du Tilleul,
near the customs building.
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- Is there an arrest warrant?
- Yes, it says "dangerous individual."
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This guy is wanted...
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Wait, there's a guy who is gagged,
with his hands and feet tied.
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We are rue du Tilleul.
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His hands are bound. Wait.
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He's with a guy who's been gagged.
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We are rue du Tilleul, he's been gagged.
His hands and feet are tied.
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Sir?
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Yes?
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Is your first name Dieter?
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Yes.
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His first name is Dieter.
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He says he was abducted in Germany.
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Is he conscious?
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Yes, so far, he is
but he's in really bad shape.
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They promised me
they would bring me back home.
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They promised him
they would bring him back home.
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What nationality did you say they were,
Russian?
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They spoke Russian.
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- They spoke Russian.
- OK.
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André Bamberski, indicted for kidnapping,
faces up to ten years of imprisonment.
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LAURENT DE CAUNES
ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI'S LAWYER
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At 11 p.m.,
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André Bamberski was released,
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but he's been indicted on charges
of kidnapping
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and criminal association.
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I gave my consent
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on October 9, 2009,
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for Krombach to be brought to France.
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PHILIPPE OHAYON
DIETER KROMBACH'S LAWYER
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I am 100% convinced
of my father's innocence.
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Over the years, these things have put
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a tremendous emotional burden
on our family.
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Can you show us where it happened?
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I just know from my dad's account.
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I know this is his parking space,
and he said, it happened
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just before he could reach the car.
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The police saw
a huge puddle of blood here.
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Initially, the police assumed
that he'd been murdered.
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EQUALITY
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ASSIZE COURT
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Emotions were running high at the start
of Dieter Krombach's trial
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this morning at the Assizes Court.
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This is
the first face-to-face confrontation
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between the man who is accused
of killing young Kalinka
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and her father, André Bamberski.
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My first thought and my first words
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are for Kalinka.
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Mr. Krombach is in a terrible condition
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thanks to Mr. Bamberski's friends.
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It's a surreal situation.
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We have a man
who's in the defendant's box
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because the accusing party
brought him to France
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after violently assaulting him.
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What is the truth?
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The truth is my father didn't do anything.
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He's not guilty.
It's the act of a crazy man, a maniac.
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Mr. Bamberski, as always, is determined.
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Is it a relief for him
to finally get him to face justice?
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It's a relief because that
has always been his objective:
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to put Krombach on trial.
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A man's life is at stake,
he has heart problems.
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An expert confirmed it.
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Dieter Krombach
is no longer able to appear in court.
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Facing justice,
the German cardiologist
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has invoked a medical issue...
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Many journalists reporting on the trial
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have contacted Mr. Levano and Mr. Ohayon,
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prior to the trial,
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and they always said
the trial wouldn't happen.
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Turns out, they were right once again.
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Curiously, the medical issue
matched his specialty, cardiology.
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SIX MONTHS LATER
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Kalinka, whom he believes was killed
by her stepfather Dieter Krombach...
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Why didn't he think to call the police
so they could freeze the scene?
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Danielle Gonnin, Kalinka's mother.
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The former spouses
do not even make eye contact.
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What is your state of mind?
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I am...
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far more confident
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and more serene
than the last time around.
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Meaning?
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Meaning...
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over the past few weeks,
everything has been done
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to prevent Mr. Krombach
from having another episode.
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Of course, it needs to end.
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Of course he wants to prove his innocence.
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Because he is innocent.
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POLICE
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ASSIZE COURTROOM N°3
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It has raised doubts.
She says she could have been sedated
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by Mr. Krombach
on the night of her daughter's death.
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I had my doubts,
now it's more than doubts.
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I'm almost certain that he is lying.
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That hurts.
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And now, I have to live with that.
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I would have appreciated
if Dieter Krombach had told me:
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"It was an accident, I panicked
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and I lied."
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I would have understood,
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I may have forgiven him.
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But now, I can't forgive him.
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Obviously,
my first thought is for Kalinka.
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Justice has been done in her honor
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and I'll now be able to grieve for her.
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DIETER KROMBACH WAS SENTENCED
TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
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FOR "BODILY HARM
LEADING TO UNINTENTIONAL DEATH."
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HE'S ALWAYS CLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE
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DESPITE ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI'S PROTESTS,
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HE WAS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020
FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
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HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 IN GERMANY
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TO DATE, 16 WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD
WITH SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS
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Subtitle translation by: Thomas Isackson