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The former German tennis player Boris Becker He has been sentenced this Friday to two and a half years in prison by the British justice after being found guilty of hiding 2.5 million pounds sterling (3 million euros at the current exchange rate / 3.16 million dollars) to avoid payment of your debts.
In the last part of the trial, held this morning in London, the prosecution accused Becker of 20 crimes, including hiding his Grand Slam trophies to prevent them from being taken from him. Finally, he has only been found guilty of four, including theft of assets, non-disclosure of assets and concealment of a debt. Also, two of them are related to two of his ex-wives, Barbara y Lilly, to whom he transferred money in order to hide it. His lawyer asked the court for leniency for the consequences that this trial would have on his sporting legacy, requests that finally fell on deaf ears.
During the trial, the prosecution claimed that Becker collected 1.13 million euros ($1.22 million) from the sale of a car dealership. Mercedes that he owned in Germany, which he entered into a professional bank account that he used as his personal “piggy bank” with which to pay for luxury purchases and school fees for his children.
The judicial process completed today dates back to 2017, when its administrators declared it bankrupt. The tennis player had applied for a loan to buy a mansion in Mallorcawhich he never paid. From that moment a persecution began for Becker to pay for his debts. He even led the tennis player to say that he had diplomatic immunity as the Central African Republic’s ambassador to Europe for sports, culture and humanitarian affairs.
The German rose to fame after becoming the youngest player in history by winning Wimbledom che was 17 years and 227 days in 1985. The start of a long and successful career that would lead him to win the London green twice more (1986, 1989), in addition to the US Open (1986) and twice the Australian Open (1991, 1996). In 1999, after a significant physical deterioration and after several extra-sports controversies, he retired from the tracks.
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