Meet Munich prosecutor Peter Preuss: Specialist for frivolous law suits. He is quite a chap.

Peter Preuss and the speech bump

Ever wanted to know what a 'nerd' is but were too lazy to consult a dictionary? Relax and just look at Munich prosecutor Peter Preuss. Provincial legend!

I met almost bald Peter Preuss in February 2013 the first time in person in court. I had to deal with him before, but more about that silly incident in a later post. After all, infantility can wait a little. Or is it retardation?

So in February of said year, Munich prosecutor Peter Preuss elevated himself from his seat and stood there in his black bath robe to plead his case in front of the judge. The Peter started and the first sentence was alright. Peter Preuss ventilated the second sentence and it was alright. Peter Preuss intoned the third sentence and is was al..., wait a second, what was that, Peter? There was a sort of a hickup, a kind of gulp ... Something a person would do when he feels insecure, not quite comfy speaking in front of - not many in this case - others.

It was so conspicuous and even more so as he was addressing a judge he sure knew very well from cases before. Yet there he stood now, clearly inhibited and in way like a 'Pennäler' talking and looking as he continued his case in front of the judge who seemed to be his age. This made the situation even more funny. He made the impression and articulated himself like someone would do who is eager to please his master. He was all servile, self-deprecating to the extent of  slight embarrassment.

Sure, everyone can have a bad day, when you just cannot seem to find your script, words don't flow, they just evade you, kind of a verbal writer's block. However, I was quite sure the Peter is an odd character, nerdy, bent on pleasing superiors and lacking self-esteem. The kind of guy everyone has met in his or her school days back then.

A couple weeks later that silly court case with F1 Bernie Ecclestone and an ex-Bavarian banker started (1). I was watching my daily 45 minutes of German TV and was about to switch off, boring as German TV is, when the reporter mentioned Peter Preuss as being the prosecutor. Gee, I had an instinctive feeling that this will get interesting and I should listen. So I stayed on. Peter came onscreen and started his sermon. First sentence went well, second sentence very nice, Peter. Third sentence excell...., hold it, there it was again, the hickup. It was hilarious to watch. Exactly the Peter I had come to know just weeks back. Busted!

It proved once again, these kind of instances are not singular, rather that they point to a deep seated insecurity and one can be sure, where that came from some other weird traits can be expected. Indeed, prosecutor Peter Preuss does not disappoint and is ready to prove that he is quite some chap, and a really odd one at that.

Is this infantility or bordering on retardation?

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(1) yep, the one in which Bernie agreed to pay 100 million euro just to get out of fucking boring Bavaria and a totally ridiculous court case. Bernie later sent a hilarious postcard.