2023-09-22 03:22:55
Jérôme Boateng is not done with justice. The former German international footballer, sentenced on appeal in November 2022 to a fine of 1.2 million euros, has just seen this first court decision annulled. A new procedure for the same facts, dating back to 2018, will be opened.
Bavaria’s highest court granted the three parties’ requests for review. Procedural flaws have been cited and a new trial will take place on a date still unknown. The 35-year-old former German international is therefore once again being prosecuted for assault, injury and insults against his ex-partner. According to her, the 2014 world champion hit her during a vacation in the Caribbean in 2018, after the pitiful elimination of Germany in the first round of the World Cup in Russia.
Boateng still denies the facts
He had first thrown various objects at her, had “pushed one of her eyes with his thumb, bit her and pulled her to the ground by her hair”. He has always denied the facts with which he is accused.
Justice this Thursday ruled in favor of the defense of Jérôme Boateng, who contested the fact that one of the requests for recusal of a judge, during previous proceedings, had been decided by a body in which this same judge participated. The requests for review made by the prosecution and the player’s ex-partner were also heard.
The latter contested the fact that the throwing of an insulated bag, blamed on the ex-Bayern player, could have caused simple injuries. The court did not, in fact, specify whether this bag was considered a dangerous object or not, which could have led to a heavier sentence.
The former Lyon defender is still without a club since his departure from OL at the end of his contract last June.
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