German tennis participant Alexander Zverev dismissed the 450,000 euro positive ($A750,000) handed to him for allegedly assaulting a girl in May 2020 as “bulls**t” on Wednesday.
The former world quantity two is contesting the massive positive, which was issued on October 2, and has “lodged an objection”, a spokeswoman for the Berlin courts mentioned in an announcement.
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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 last ruling is made, Zverev is taken into account to be harmless.
While his attorneys slammed the choice earlier within the week, the German World No. 9 has lashed out himself on the Paris Masters.
“I think it’s complete bulls**t,” he mentioned after his second-round victory within the Paris Masters.
“Anybody that has semi-standard IQ levels knows what this is all about.”
Zverev has since been knocked out of the match in a straight units loss to Stephanos Tsitsipas.
The Tiergarten district courtroom will now “hear from those involved in the proceedings again”, earlier than seemingly 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 an announcement, naming the lady 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.
The mannequin in 2021 gave beginning to a daughter Mayla. She mentioned Zverev is the daddy of the kid. The pair had already cut up when Patea introduced she was 20 weeks pregnant.
They dated for lower than 12 months.
Patea confirmed in an Instagram put up in July that she had utilized for a penalty order in opposition to Zverev.
The ATP Tour in January 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.
Source: www.news.com.au
