Date: 8th January 2001

Another Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire? Scandal


The German television network RTL has been wracked by controversy after it was revealed that the recent winner of the German version of Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? had known the wealthy groom for at least a month before the show aired.

A spokesman for the network said Sunday that the couple has been ordered to return immediately from a honeymoon in Miami and return a diamond ring. "The contracts and agreements will be broken. The result of the show also isn't valid," an RTL spokesman said.

Germany's Bild newspaper, citing neighbors of the couple, said today (Monday) that they had known one another for years.

Source: Studio Briefing