BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness, convicted in March of evading $40 million (23.6 million pounds) in taxes, has filed a formal protest about his jail due to security and privacy fears, a German magazine reported on Monday.
Hoeness's lawyers filed an objection to Bavarian state plans to send the 62-year-old to the Landsberg prison because 157 reporters were allowed to tour the 114-year-old facility shortly after his conviction, Focus magazine reported.
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