Synopsis
When the blackmailer Helg Sgarbi was sentenced to six years in prison in Munich, some questions remained: was an Italian the man pulling the strings behind the scenes? And what happened to the millions belonging to BMW's major shareholder Susanne Klatten? The business woman got involved in an affair with the Swiss. When Sgarbi pretended to be in trouble financially she helped him out by giving him 7 million Euros. But the gigolo wanted more. He threatened to go public with intimate photos if she wouldn't pay him 14 million Euros in hush money. Thereupon the richest woman in Germany contacted the police; the blackmailer was arrested.During the arrest the Italian Ernani Barretta was also questioned, but was released due to lack of evidence. Who is this man whose friendship with the blackmailer Sgarbi began in the 1990's? At that time Barretta had emerged as a miracle healer in Zurich. His sect-like group had also captivated the future blackmailer.
The crime documentary shows how gullible people were seduced and how an Italian accumulated enormous sums of wealth. The research shows that the case involving Mrs Klatten was only the tip of the iceberg, as a Swiss journalist discovered more victims who had been taken in by the con man Sgarbi and his 'Maestro della vita'.
