ベッカー氏の破産が免責に 弁護士発表

【ベルリンＡＦＰ＝時事】男子テニス、ドイツ出身の元名選手ボリス・ベッカー氏（５６）が破産管財人との取引で破産の免責が認められたと、同氏の弁護士が２５日に明らかにした。（写真は元男子テニスのボリス・ベッカー氏）
　独ベルリンに拠点を置く弁護士はＡＦＰに送った発表文で、「破産管財人と合意した結果、２０１７年に開始されたボリス・ベッカー氏の破産は、昨日英ロンドンの高等法院が下した決定により法的に終了した」と述べた。
　その一方で、合意内容の詳細については、「現時点では」引き続き機密事項であるとしている。
　ウィンブルドン選手権で３度の優勝を誇ったベッカー氏は、２５０万ポンド（約４億８６００万円）の資産およびローンを隠して借金返済を免れた破産法違反で、２０２２年４月に禁錮２年６月の実刑判決を受けた。
　英国の外国人受刑者に関する法律に基づいて同１２月に釈放された後は、ドイツへ強制送還されていた。
　ベッカー氏はスペイン・マヨルカ（Ｍａｊｏｒｃａ）島に所有していた３００万ポンド（約５億８０００万円）以上の不動産の未払いをめぐって債権者に５０００万ポンド（約９７億円）の返済義務があり、２０１７年に破産宣告を受けた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/04/26-18:49）

Former German tennis star Boris Becker has been discharged from bankruptcy by a London court following a deal with his debtors, the 56-year-old's German lawyer said Thursday.
As a result of an agreement with his insolvency administrators, Boris Becker's bankruptcy, which began in 2017, was legally terminated by a decision by the High Court in London yesterday, Becker's Berlin-based lawyer said in a statement sent to AFP.
Becker is released from any further liability arising from the insolvency debts.
Becker's lawyer said the former tennis player had come to an agreement with insolvency administrators but that the details of the agreement would remain confidential at this time.
The three-time Wimbledon winner was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in April 2022 for concealing £2.5 million ($3.1 million) in assets and loans to avoid paying debts.
Becker was released in December of the same year under a UK regulation for foreign prisoners and subsequently deported to Germany.
He had been declared bankrupt in June 2017, owing creditors £50 million over an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his estate on the Spanish island of Majorca.
At just 17, the dynamic redhead became the youngest male Wimbledon winner.
Nicknamed Boom Boom Becker for his powerful serve, he repeated the feat the following year and won a third title in 1989.
Becker finished his career with six grand slams, adding two Australian Open crowns and a US Open title.
After his playing career, Becker moved into punditry including with the BBC, before coaching Novak Djokovic to six grand slam titles between 2014 and 2016.
During his retirement however, his achievements were often overshadowed by his colourful and controversial private life, both during his playing career and afterwards.
He released his first autobiography, The Player, in 2003, which made headlines with booze-soaked tales of luxury hotels and a string of female conquests.
Becker conceived a daughter in a brief but now famous encounter with a Russian woman at a London restaurant in 1999 while his then wife, Barbara, was pregnant.
Despite estimated career earnings of £40 million as a player, Becker -- who received a suspended sentence by a Munich court in 2002 for tax evasion -- was declared bankrupt in 2017.