Pictures raise questions
Alfons Schuhbeck was released from prison prematurely
Updated on 03.05.2025 – 12:40 p.m.Lesedauer: 2 min.
Actually, Alfons Schuhbeck will not be released from custody in October 2026. However, photos that are supposed to show the TV chef spark rumors about early discharge.
Due to tax evasion of 2.3 million euros, farm chef Alfons Schuhbeck has been sentenced to a prison sentence of three years and two months-the 76-year-old has been in the case since August 2023. Accordingly, Schuhbeck would still have to be in custody. Current recordings should show him in freedom.
A man can be seen in photos that the “Bild” newspaper is present who climbs into a car with mouth protection, cap and sunglasses. According to the report, the report should be Alfons Schuhbeck – however, it is unclear whether the pictures really show the cook. According to the “Bild” information, Schuhbeck should be at large for four weeks. This raises questions.
A T-online request to Schuhbeck’s lawyer provides little information. “I ask for your understanding that we do not comment on this in the current procedure,” said Norbert Scharf on Saturday morning.
From June, Schuhbeck is actually back on trial on suspicion of bankruptcy, fraud and the frightening of the work. In the event of a conviction, there is a risk of up to five years. This would have actually worsened the conditions for Schuhbeck, one of the lawyers “Bild” said recently.
“It has become massively worse for him since the new indictment against Mr. Schuhbeck. A new process begins with an open end in June, so there is no way of thinking about amenities such as detention leave.” How does that fit together?
According to information from the “Abendzeitung Munich”, the prison sentence is said to have been carried out for health reasons. Due to a serious illness, Schuhbeck needs medical examinations that cannot be achieved in the JVA, according to the thesis.
For this reason, “the further enforcement of the total prison sentence was interrupted in the early June 2025 at any time,” said Anne Leiding, press spokeswoman for the Munich I of the newspaper.
It is unclear what exactly the diagnosis is behind it. A request from T-Online to the corresponding correctional facility Landsberg am Lech remained without an answer on Saturday. The Munich I. public prosecutor, who must have written the corresponding decision in the Schuhbeck case, has not yet responded to a request from T-Online.
