DTB calls on Dirk Hordorff to resign
After public allegations against the top official, the DTB again asked Dirk Hordorff to step down in a press release. First of all, the request was not complied with, the DTB announced in a broadcast.
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The Executive Committee of the German Tennis Association (DTB) has asked Vice President Dirk Hordorff to resign in the wake of the allegations against him. The long-time official did not comply with this request, the association said in a press release. It was then decided that Hordorff would also be asked to resign by the ombudsman and the spokesman for the federal committee with a deadline of Wednesday.
The way of dismissal from office in the course of an extraordinary general meeting is also being prepared. This will not apply if Hordorff decides to resign. "The Presidium of the DTB also agrees that the case will be processed as quickly and comprehensively as possible in order to be even better prepared for the future," it said: "To this end, the DTB will work together with external specialists and provide scientific support for the processing ."
In reports from the Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and Sportschau, a former and a current professional had accused Hordorff of abuse of power in several cases, the DTB said it had known about it for more than a year. Hordorff dismisses the allegations as "simply untrue". He will not be in office until further notice for health reasons, as he said through his lawyers.