At the time of his interview with Netflix for Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord, Schmidt was still serving his sentence behind bars. Now in his mid-20s, Schmidt has been serving a seven-year sentence, as he was tried as a minor when he was charged for his crimes, despite being 20 at the time.
Schmidt was let out on probation following only four years of his sentence, though he is now reportedly under investigation for selling narcotics after getting out of prison.
It’s clear from the documentary that Schmidt has few qualms about his crimes. In one scene, he reads a review that was posted to the Shiny Flakes website.
“Two of my teeth fell out right away, this stuff really f–ks you up,” the review read. Schmidt smiled after reading the quote. “It seems he was satisfied,” he said.
“The psychologist, who wrote a report on him during the trial, said about Maximilian Schmidt, ‘I experienced neither regret nor guilt, but pride instead,'” the film’s director, Eva Müller said, according to DW.
“There wasn’t a moment where I thought, ‘Wow, this is crazy,'” Schmidt said in the film. “It was rather, ‘Wow, this is crazy!’ So, in a positive sense.”
Shiny Flakes is available to stream on Netflix now.