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Boris Becker trial: Tennis star ‘embarrassed’ by bankruptcy and ‘could not earn enough to pay debts’
29.03.2022 - 10:29 / msn.com
Boris Becker has told a jury he was “shocked” and “embarrassed” after he was declared bankrupt days before commentating on the Wimbledon tournament. The six-time Grand Slam champion, 54, told Southwark Crown Court that bad publicity had damaged “brand Becker”, meaning he struggled to make enough money to pay off his debts. He was declared bankrupt on June 21, 2017 and is on trial accused of failing to hand over assets including nine trophies and medals from his glittering tennis career.
Becker said he had been seeking to pay off a more than £3 million loan from private bank Arbuthnot Latham, including through the sale of his estate in Mallorca, Spain, known as the Finca, and was “very shocked”. The court heard the decision came days before the two-week Wimbledon tournament, where he was working for the BBC as well as Australian and Japanese television stations. Becker said he felt “very embarrassed”, adding: “Because it was all over world news, and I walked through the gate of Wimbledon and everyone knew.
I was embarrassed because I was bankrupt. ”He told jurors the bankruptcy was also in the midst of a “stressful time” with his then wife Sharlely “Lilly” Becker, while they were living in “separate quarters” at his £22,000-a-month rented house in Wimbledon, south-west London. Describing an incident while he was commentating on the men’s quarter final involving Roger Federer, he said: “My son called me saying my wife was breaking down the house – the furniture, the windows.
The police came… while I was on site. ”Becker, who arrived at court hand in hand with his partner Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, sat at the witness box on Monday to give evidence, as the jury were told he has injuries to his ankle and knees. His
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'Bizarre' Netflix show Old Enough abandons toddlers in public - could you do it?
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07.04.2022 / 15:01
Poland's Tokarczuk a finalist for International Booker Prize
LONDON -- Polish Nobel literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk is among six finalists announced Thursday for the International Booker Prize for fiction in English translation.Tokarczuk’s 18th-century epic “The Books of Jacob” is a favorite to win the award, whose 50,000-pound ($65,000) prize money is split between a book’s author and its translator. She and her translator Jennifer Croft previously won for “Flights” in 2018, the same year Tokarczuk was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.“Tomb of Sand” by India’s Geetanjali Shree is also on the shortlist.
msn.com
06.04.2022 / 03:11
Example is crowned Star Baker on The Great Celebrity Bake Off
Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with his bakes and beat out competition from DJ Annie Mac, comedian Ed Gamble, and usual Bake Off presenter Matt Lucas. Speaking on his win, Example said: 'I'm absolutely overwhelmed. I never step out of my comfort zone, I'm blown away.
etonline.com
04.04.2022 / 03:27
J Balvin and Maria Becerra Give Sultry Performance of 'Qué Más Pues?' at 2022 GRAMMYs
J Balvin and Maria Becerra brought the heat! The duo took the stage during Sunday's 64th annual GRAMMY Awards and performed their sensual hit, «Qué Más Pues?.» The Colombian superstar and the Argentinian songstress recreated their video onstage with matching red outfits, dancers and lavish cars. Tonight’s performance marked Beccerra’s first time on the GRAMMYs stage and Balvin’s second.
us.hola.com
02.04.2022 / 03:13
Naomi Osaka is back! The tennis player wins at the Miami Open
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variety.com
23.03.2022 / 17:25
Alba Sotorra to Produce Carla Subirana’s ‘Sica’ with Miramemira, TVE, TVC (EXCLUSIVE)
Emilio Mayorga Alba Sotorra has teamed with Miramemira’s Andrea Vázquez, Spanish pubcaster TVE and Catalonia’s TVC to co-produce “Sica,” the first fiction feature of documentarist Carla Subirana , a 2012 Málaga Golden Biznaga winner for “Kanimambo” and director of “Nedar.”The film is included in Malaga’s Spanish WIP showcase.The feature focuses on 13-year old Sica who lives on Costa da Morte, a Galician fishing shoreline known for its natural beauty and the danger of its coast. Passionate about the ocean, Sica waits for the waves to bring back the corpse of her father, a fisherman who perished at sea alongside her friend’s Leda.
who.com.au
23.03.2022 / 09:01
Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis
WATCH: Ash Barty retires from tennis“I’ll be retiring from tennis. That’s the first time I’ve said it out loud,” Ash said.