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Susanne Hermanski
Thomas Pekny hesitated for a long time with this step, now it is done: The previous owner and director of the comedy in the Bayerischer Hof transferred 51 percent of his shares in the famous Munich boulevard stage to René Heinersdorff on Tuesday evening. Thomas Peknys was charged with serious sexual abuse in the summer and acquitted. Nevertheless, the judge had emphasized in his judgment that his verdict was “no proof of innocence” Peknys.
Accordingly, Pekny was still under pressure to give up his house. And that from several sides. Innegrit Volkhardt, the operator of the Bayerischer Hof and thus Pekny’s landlady, told the SZ: “In the past few days and weeks we have successfully appealed to Thomas Pekny’s common sense.” Apparently, she feared continued damage to the image of her traditional hotel. This Thursday will also be in Colorful To be able to read which stars had already announced that they no longer want to work at the Munich theater, Pekny would remain – including such popular personalities as Jutta Speidel and Michaela May.
René Heinersdorff already owns three other theaters in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Essen and is part of the board of directors of the German Stage Association. He regrets that Pekny was unable to bring himself to hand over the house sooner. “Then it would be in much calmer waters again,” believes Heinersdorff. And the new director hopes that in the future, Pekny will consistently stay out of the operative theater management, that he “can let go and clear himself up”.