Alexander Zverev is presently competing within the Paris Masters. (Credit: Twitter)
The former world quantity two is contesting the high quality, which was issued on October 2, and has “lodged an objection”, a spokeswoman for the Berlin courts mentioned in a press release.
German tennis star Alexander Zverev was handed a 450,000 euro high quality ($475,300) by a Berlin courtroom for allegedly assaulting a lady in May 2020, a judicial spokeswoman mentioned Tuesday.
The former world quantity two is contesting the high quality, which was issued on October 2, and has “lodged an objection”, a spokeswoman for the Berlin courts mentioned in a press release.
Zverev has been “accused of physically abusing a woman and damaging her health during an argument” within the German capital over three years in the past, the spokeswoman mentioned, including that till a closing ruling is made, Zverev is taken into account to be harmless.
Zverev faces new assault allegations.The Berlin Prosecutor’s workplace has utilized for the issuance of a prison order in opposition to Zverev.
He’s been accused of committing ‘bodily harm’ in opposition to his ex, Brenda Patea.
He faces a potential high quality of 480,000 euros. pic.twitter.com/hOj8QygMyg
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The Tiergarten district courtroom will now “hear from those involved in the proceedings again”, earlier than probably scheduling a listening to.
The alleged sufferer had joined the proceedings as a co-complainant, the spokeswoman indicated.
Zverev’s attorneys rejected the accusations in a press release, naming the girl as Brenda Patea, the tennis participant’s ex-girlfriend.
The allegations made by Patea “which alone form the basis for the penalty order, have already been refuted by a forensic medical report”, the attorneys mentioned.
In January, ATP, which runs the lads’s tennis tour, closed an investigation into allegations of home abuse in opposition to Zverev involving a feminine tennis participant after discovering inadequate proof.
The ATP had opened the probe into Zverev in October 2021 following allegations made by his former girlfriend, Olya Sharypova.
Zverev is presently competing within the ATP Paris Masters and received his first-spherical match in opposition to Hungarian Marton Fucsovics on Tuesday.
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