A Munich court has sentenced the German footballer on Thursday Jerome Boateng, New defense of the French Lyons, a a fine of 1.8 million euros ($ 2.1 million) for violence against his ex-partner and mother of his two children.
Magistrates found Boateng guilty of beatings and injuries, After a day of hearing, and punished with a fine corresponding to thirty times the amount of 30 thousand euros, the journalists found.
The 33-year-old former German international and former Bayern Munich defender he was exposed to a maximum sentence of five years in prison for events that took place during a vacation in the Caribbean in July 2018.
Boateng had arrived at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) at the hearing accompanied by his lawyer Kai Walden, an AFP journalist stated
Anne Leiding, spokeswoman for the Munich prosecutor, took the floor to read the facts contained in the indictment.
“M. Boateng first threw (the victim) a flashlight, insulted her and threw a portable refrigerator at her which hit her in the upper right of her body, injuring her,” he noted.
“He then walked away and then turned against her, insulted her again, beat her and threw her by the arm,” the spokeswoman added, noting that these elements are part only of the indictment and that “to clarify what happened, to know if all this corresponds to reality or not.”
Boateng responded to the allegations for nearly two hours. According to his version, it was his partner who was aggressive and even damaged his lip at once. “I wasn’t violent, I didn’t attack her,” she said.
The alleged victim maintained his version: “He put his thumb in my eye, bit my head and threw me to the ground by my hair.”
The player was at the time in talks to join Paris Saint-Germain and Boateng said that the dispute revolved mainly over his partner’s demands to follow him to Paris. The transfer finally did not take place and he continued to play in Munich.
Both are also in legal dispute for custody of their 10-year-old twins, who live with him. This issue was also, indirectly, one of the issues affected by this trial in Munich.
Private life in the spotlight
According to the German press, the facts tried this Thursday occurred during a vacation in the Caribbean, in July 2018, Just after the elimination of Germany in the first round of the World Cup in Russia.
The 33-year-old left Bayern Munich a few weeks ago, with which he has amassed a large number of titles, including two Champions, to play for Lyon.
Boateng has not played for the German national team since 2019, When the then selector Joachim Low decided to stop summoning it. On his first list, last week, Hansi Flick didn’t call him that either.
Boateng’s private life is getting a lot of attention in Germany, both in the heart press and on social media.
Earlier this year the player experienced a drama because his last girlfriend, Kasia Lenhardt, whom he had left a few days earlier, she was found dead in her Berlin apartment. Justice concluded it was a suicide.
Boateng was in Qatar with Bayern Munich to play in the Club World Cup and returned immediately to Germany.