Existence-threatening

Car dealer is infamously slandered as a dealer

Entrepreneur Michael Kletzl (28) has been confronted with a massive wave of unjustified slander from an unknown source for a week now.(Bild: Scharinger Daniel)

A young businessman is the target of a brutal smear campaign. Unknown persons spread the word that the 28-year-old had been caught with 140 kilos of cocaine and was in custody. Within a week, sales at his three locations plummeted. Even regular customers want nothing to do with a "drug dealer".

Successful Innviertel entrepreneur Michael Kletzl has lost his laughter in recent days. A malicious rumor campaign aimed specifically at his person is currently threatening the economic existence of the 28-year-old and his employees. Unknown persons had - apparently deliberately - circulated rumors that Kletzl had been caught by the police with up to 140 kilograms of cocaine. He had already been in custody for three months for drug trafficking.