All you need to know about who Boris Becker is, and why has he been handed a jail term along with his net worth
Boris Becker has occupied all the headlines these days and people are searching for him. There is a reason why everyone all of sudden wants to read about the tennis champion. Former Wimbledon champion Becker has been sentenced to jail for two and a half years because of hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans so that he can avoid paying debts.
Explained Boris Becker Bankruptcy Case, Jail Term News, Net Worth, Age, Wife And Biography
Becker declared bankruptcy in June 2017 as a result of an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his luxury Mallorca villa. He had showed no sorrow or acceptance of guilt, according to Judge Deborah Taylor.
Becker, who was previously reported to be worth at least $160 million (£127m) was found guilty of transferring €427,00 (£356,000) to nine recipients, which included the bank accounts of his ex-wife Barbara and his estranged wife Sharlely Lilly Becker. He was also convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany as well as hiding an €825,000 bank loan and shares in a tech firm at a time when he claimed he had no money left.
Becker has claimed that his expensive divorce in 2001 contributed to his bankruptcy with him reaching an out of court settlement with his ex-wife Barbara that was reported to be worth £12million. He was also ordered to pay a multi-million dollar settlement to a Russian model who gave birth to his daughter.
He is also said to have invested heavily in the Nigerian oil market with him said to have invested over 20 million pounds which plunged in value as he squandered the amount away.
He had a lavish lifestyle as well which included £22,000 a month in rent for a house in Wimbledon. In 2002 he was convicted of tax evasion and attempted tax evasion in Germany and owed around £800,000 in liabilities for this.
Who Is Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former German tennis player. He is also a Wimbledon champion as well as a former World No. 1.
Born in 1967, November 22, Becker is 54 years old and is 6 ft and 3 inches.
The former No. 1 player Becker was a success right away, winning the first of his six Grand Slam singles titles at the age of 17. Three Wimbledon Championships, two Australian Opens, and one US Open are among his Grand Slam singles titles. also won three year-end championships, 13 Masters Series titles, and a gold medal in doubles at the Olympics.
He was named Player of the Year by both the ATP and the ITF in 1989. Behind Roger Federer, he is the first male player to appear in seven Wimbledon finals, tied with Pete Sampras and Novak Djokovic (12). Becker took retirement in 1999 on June 25.
Becker also coached current World No. 1 Novak Djokovic from 2013 to 2016 and has won 25 coachee singles titles in total.
After dating Karen Schultz from 1988 to 1991 and Cassandra Hepburn from 1991 to 1992, he began dating Barbara Feltus, whom he married on December 17, 1993, at the registrar’s office in his hometown of Leimen, when she was eight months pregnant. [requires citation] Their son Noah Gabriel was born on January 18, 1994, and was named after Becker’s friends Yannick Noah and Peter Gabriel.
Elias Balthasar, their second child, was born on September 4, 1999. They surprised several in Germany before the wedding by posing naked for the cover of Stern in a photograph taken by her father.
He is currently dating girlfriend Lilian De Carvalho.
Boris Becker Net Worth
Worth 127 million pounds at one time, he is only worth 800,000 pounds at the moment.
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