German Boris Becker was one of the world’s great tennis players in the late 1980s and 1990s. Winner of six Grand Slams, he rose to number 1 in the ATP rankings for three months in 1991.
Now Becker lives an ordeal since June 2017, when he filed for bankruptcy not being able to cope with their debts. By admitting bankruptcy Boris avoided what could have meant a conviction for defaults and put all his trophies up for auction and some personal souvenirs, with which he managed to raise 765,000 euros to pay his commitments.
But things have become even more complicated for the German, who has been charged by the Insolvency Serviceto having hidden several assets, including a flat in the Chelsea neighborhood of London, two properties in Germany and 1.3 million euros in cash, in addition to a debt of 820,000 euros, 75,000 shares of the company Breaking Data Corp and some auctioned trophies that he would not have returned, such as the silver trophy from his first Wimbledon win in 1985. Charges that, if the court deems it so, could result in Becker a sentence of up to seven years in prison.
The former number 1 of the ATP ranking appeared last September at Southwark Crown Court in London, in an appearance that lasted approximately three quarters of an hour, and in which pleaded not guilty of the charges against him “He (Becker) is determined to confront, to challenge these accusations and to restore his reputation in relation to the complaints that are made against him,” said his lawyer, Jonathan Caplan.
In September 2021 This story will be put to an end, with the trial that will face the defense of Boris Becker with the English Insolvency Service.
