The six-time Grand Slam champion, who was declared bankrupt in 2017, is alleged to have failed at hand over varied tennis trophies to settle his money owed.
Boris Becker arrived at a London courtroom on Monday to face trial over accusations that he failed at hand over trophies he received throughout his glittering tennis profession to settle his money owed.
The 54-year-old German commentator, who was declared bankrupt in 2017, is accused of not complying with obligations to reveal info.
The six-time Grand Slam champion is alleged to have failed at hand over varied trophies, together with the 1985 Wimbledon trophy, which catapulted him to stardom as an unknown 17-year-old, in addition to his two Australian Open trophies.
Becker, who arrived at Southwark Crown Court docket wearing a darkish overcoat and purple scarf, can also be accused of transferring giant sums of cash into different accounts, together with to former spouse Barbara Becker, and estranged spouse Sharlely “Lilly” Becker.
The previous world primary, who commentated for the BBC at Wimbledon final yr, is dealing with a three-week trial on an indictment of greater than 20 counts on the courtroom, the place he might be helped by a German translator.
Becker, with a shock of strawberry-blond hair, burst onto the scene in 1985 when he turned Wimbledon’s youngest males’s singles champion – repeating the feat the next yr.
Becker’s dynamic play and boyish enthusiasm – finest captured in his penchant for spectacular diving volleys on the Wimbledon grass – made him the darling of the crowds on the All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership.
The German, nicknamed “Growth, Growth” Becker for his ferocious serve, received Wimbledon for a 3rd time in 1989.
He additionally received the Australian Open twice and the US Open, turning into the top-ranked participant on the earth in 1991.
Retirement
Becker, who amassed greater than $25m throughout his enjoying profession, turned a tv commentator after his retirement, with a high-profile function on the BBC.
He returned to the courtroom in 2013 because the coach of Novak Djokovic and helped the Serb win six extra Grand Slam trophies earlier than the pair parted methods in 2016.
Becker’s tangled non-public life has additionally saved him within the headlines since he retired from enjoying – together with a daughter conceived in a quick however now well-known encounter with a Russian mannequin at a London restaurant.
In 2002, a courtroom in Munich sentenced Becker to a two-year suspended jail sentence and a high-quality of 300,000 euros ($332,000) for tax evasion of about 1.7 million euros ($1.9m).
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