The three-time Wimbledon champion will serve 2 1/2 years for transferring large sums of money and hiding assets after bankruptcy.
Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced on Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.
The 54-year-old German was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely"Lilly" Becker. Becker, wearing a striped tie in Wimbledon's purple and green colors, walked into the courthouse hand in hand with girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
Defense attorney Jonathan Laidlaw argued for leniency, saying his client hadn't spent money on a"lavish lifestyle" but rather on child support, rent and legal and business expenses. Becker, he told the court, has experienced"public humiliation" and has no future earnings potential.
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