Personal bankruptcy ended: Boris Becker can breathe a sigh of relief
Boris Becker's private bankruptcy has ended. Becker's lawyers confirmed this on Thursday in a statement made available to SID.
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last edit: Apr 25, 2024, 06:02 pm
Legal success for Boris Becker: The 56-year-old tennis idol's private insolvency has been ended following an agreement with the insolvency administrators. Becker's lawyers confirmed this on Thursday in a statement made available to SID.
According to the statement, the High Court ordered the immediate discharge of Becker's residual debts, "which means that our client is released from any further liability arising from the insolvency debts," says lawyer Christian-Oliver Moser: "The terms of the agreement with the insolvency administrators are confidential and our client will not comment further on these proceedings or other details at this time."
A final sigh of relief
In 2017, a court declared Becker bankrupt. In 2022, the former tennis star was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for allegedly concealing assets and debts. The sums involved were millions, and Becker had always stressed that he had not broken any laws. In December 2022, he was released early due to a special regulation for foreign prisoners and was deported to Germany.
Now the six-time Grand Slam winner can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as he is officially debt-free in Great Britain. According to experts, Becker had to add large parts of his income to the bankruptcy estate in Germany since his release from prison. "I can only spend what I earn. I have learned that I have to be much more careful with my advisors and my good friends," Becker said about the bankruptcy immediately after his release from prison.
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Travel to Wimbledon again soon
He said he was "repentant, I have seen my mistakes. I made mistakes over the years, had the wrong friends. You get lazy, you get fat. This time in prison brought me back," Becker said in an interview with Sat1. Since then he has devoted himself to the finer things again, especially his passion for tennis. As an expert and interim coach of the young Danish star Holger Rune, Becker was back in business after his time in prison.
Becker announced that he would like to travel to his favorite tournament, Wimbledon, again as soon as possible. He won the hearts of millions of fans on the hallowed turf in 1985 with his triumph as a 17-year-old, but the three-time tournament champion recently lacked entry permission to Great Britain. "I am working on all fronts to come back next year, in 2025. That is an option," Becker told the Telegraph: "The Home Office can grant me permission after October 2024. They decide, not me."