A court in Berlin closed the case against German tennis player Alexander Zverev this Thursday through alleged domestic violence against his former partner, although he had to pay a fine of 200,000 euros as part of an agreement to end the process.
The case against Zverev was closed on the third day of the trial at the Tiergarten District Court of First Instance, which annulled the previous fine of 450,000 euros previously imposed on him for the alleged attack on his ex-girlfriend, TV channel reported this Friday by ntv television
The tennis player denied the accusation and appealed the fine, which was issued without a preliminary trial and consisted of 90 daily payments of 5,000 euros each.
The agreement to pay 200,000 euros does not constitute an admission of guilt for the purposes of Justice. Of this amount, 150,000 euros will go to the State treasury and 50,000 euros to a fundraising fund for charitable organizations.
The Prosecutor’s Office, the defense and his former partner as co-plaintiff accepted this way of ending the process. According to the court, both sides want to resolve the conflict peacefully, ntv said.
According to the indictment, which is based on the statements of the tennis player’s former partner Brenda Patea, Zverev allegedly pushed her against a wall and tried to suffocate her in the hallway of their rented apartment in Berlin during an argument in May 2020.
The woman then suffered difficulty breathing and severe pain, according to the prosecutor. The pain and difficulty swallowing lasted for several days.
The tennis player’s lawyer said on May 31, during the first hearing at the Tiergarten Court, that his client and Patea were “good” in May 2020 and tried to discredit the plaintiff’s testimony by accusing him of “repeatedly that’s lying.” live a ‘jet-set’ life.”
Zverev did not appear on court and is currently in Paris playing the ‘Roland Garros’ tournament, where he is confident that he will not lose in the process.
Patea spoke publicly for the first time about the alleged abuse on November 1, 2023 in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
On October 2, 2023, the court issued a penalty order against the tennis player for “physically abusing and harming the health of a woman during a dispute in Berlin in May 2020.”
This is not the first time Zverev has been embroiled in accusations of domestic violence.
In November 2020, his partner at the time, Olga Sharipova, accused the German of “physically and emotionally” abusing her during their relationship.
Source: La Verdad
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