Vienna public prosecutor's office is investigating ÖOC leadership!

Vienna public prosecutor's office is investigating ÖOC leadership!

The Vienna public prosecutor's office has hired the investigation against the outgoing general secretary of the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC), Peter Mennel, and the Presidium of the ÖOC. This brings relief for the officials of the ÖOC shortly before Christmas, since the allegations of the infidelity that had arisen in 2023 did not have been confirmed. The complaint referred to a crowdfunding platform called "I Believe in You", in which the balance sheet losses are said to have been compensated for by the ÖOC association's assets, which is said to have led to a loss of 416,000 euros for the members. But the public prosecutor has classified the allegations as untrue, as the Krone reported.

background of the investigation

The discrepancies within the ÖOC have been on for several years, especially between individual member associations and the management level. In the meantime, the ÖOC president announced that he will no longer run at the next general meeting in 2025, and Peter Mennel's successor has already been regulated with ex-beach volleyball player Florian Gosch. According to the justiz.gv.at , the attitude of the investigation is an important step in this internal conflict, which thus seems to be finally included.