A regional court docket within the Bavarian capital, Munich, on Friday issued the German World Cup-winning soccer star Jerome Boateng with a warning over alleged intentional bodily hurt towards his ex-girlfriend.
Ex-Bayern Munich participant Boateng obtained a suspended fantastic of €200,000 ($227,000), which he would solely need to pay if he dedicated one other offense.
What we all know concerning the case
The proceedings heart on allegations of violence made by Boateng’s former companion, the mom of his 13-year-old twins, throughout a trip collectively within the Caribbean in 2018.
It was the third retrial of the case. The presiding decide spoke of a poisonous relationship between Boateng and his former companion.
Prosecutors had demanded a fantastic of €1.12 million, whereas the protection maintained the incident in query amounted solely to a scuffle and argued for a extra reasonable sentence.
Boateng denied hitting his former companion and throwing a lantern and cooling bag at her throughout the trip. Early within the trial, he spoke of a “nightmare,” whereas his lawyer maintained there had been a “fabricated narrative of a wife-beater.”
In a summing up on Friday, presiding decide Susanne Hemmerich stated this narrative didn’t stand.
A ‘depressing relationship’
Earlier than the closing arguments, a mutual acquaintance of Boateng and his ex-girlfriend had given proof, describing their relationship as emotionally charged and really troublesome. The pair had “a depressing relationship,” the person stated.
The court docket had heard that Boateng had pushed his ex-girlfriend away to defend himself and that she had injured him on the lip.
Boateng was discovered responsible of home violence within the case in September 2021 and ordered to pay a €1.8 million euro fantastic — the very best doable monetary damages that might be imposed by the district court docket through which he was tried. Boateng’s group appealed the decision.
In November 2022, he was ordered to pay €1.2 million to his former companion after the assault sentence was upheld. That call was overturned at a regional court docket due to authorized errors, that means the method needed to be restarted.
The long-time Bayern defender just lately transferred from the Italian membership US Salernitana to the Austrian aspect Linzer ASK.
Ex-Bayern Munich participant Boateng obtained a suspended fantastic of €200,000 ($227,000), which he would solely need to pay if he dedicated one other offense.
What we all know concerning the case
The proceedings heart on allegations of violence made by Boateng’s former companion, the mom of his 13-year-old twins, throughout a trip collectively within the Caribbean in 2018.
It was the third retrial of the case. The presiding decide spoke of a poisonous relationship between Boateng and his former companion.
Prosecutors had demanded a fantastic of €1.12 million, whereas the protection maintained the incident in query amounted solely to a scuffle and argued for a extra reasonable sentence.
Boateng denied hitting his former companion and throwing a lantern and cooling bag at her throughout the trip. Early within the trial, he spoke of a “nightmare,” whereas his lawyer maintained there had been a “fabricated narrative of a wife-beater.”
In a summing up on Friday, presiding decide Susanne Hemmerich stated this narrative didn’t stand.
A ‘depressing relationship’
Earlier than the closing arguments, a mutual acquaintance of Boateng and his ex-girlfriend had given proof, describing their relationship as emotionally charged and really troublesome. The pair had “a depressing relationship,” the person stated.
The court docket had heard that Boateng had pushed his ex-girlfriend away to defend himself and that she had injured him on the lip.
Boateng was discovered responsible of home violence within the case in September 2021 and ordered to pay a €1.8 million euro fantastic — the very best doable monetary damages that might be imposed by the district court docket through which he was tried. Boateng’s group appealed the decision.
In November 2022, he was ordered to pay €1.2 million to his former companion after the assault sentence was upheld. That call was overturned at a regional court docket due to authorized errors, that means the method needed to be restarted.
The long-time Bayern defender just lately transferred from the Italian membership US Salernitana to the Austrian aspect Linzer ASK.
