Former Germany defender Jerome Boateng fined for assault

The
longtime
Bayern
Munich
star
was
found
guilty
of
intentionally
abusing
his
former
partner
during
a
Caribbean
vacation
three
years
ago.

What
was
Boateng
found
guilty
of?

His
ex-girlfriend
told
the
court
he
punched
her,
causing
her
to
lose
her
breath
during
a
heated
argument.

According
to
the
indictment,
Boateng
bit
her
head
and
threw
her
on
the
ground.

“He
hit
me
in
the
eye
with
his
thumb,
bit
me
in
the
head,
and
pulled
me
to
the
ground
by
my
hair,”
the
woman
told
the
court.

The
public
prosecutors’ office
also
accused
Boateng
of
throwing
a
glass
lantern
and
cooling
bag
at
her.

The
former
girlfriend,
who
said
the
couple
had
been
in
an
“on-off”
relationship
since
2007,
said
the
particular
incident
in
July
2018
was
not
the
first
of
its
kind.
However,
she
said
it
had
been
the
most
violent.

“Our
relationship
was
always
turbulent,” she
said.

Disputes
over
card
game
and
custody

The
33-year-old
soccer
player,
who
signed
for
French
club
Lyon
last
week
after
a
decade
at
Bayern,
had
denied
the
allegations,
claiming
that
his
ex-girlfriend
had
hit
him
in
an
argument
about
a
card
game,
and
he
had
pushed
her
away.

During
the
summer
of
2018,
Boateng
was
on
the
verge
of
a
move
to
Paris
St.
Germain,
but
the
transfer
did
not
materialize.

Boateng
suggested
she
was
bringing
this
case
against
him
to
increase
his
chances
of
success
in
a
custody
dispute
over
their
children.

Public
prosecutor
Stefanie
Eckert
described
the
woman
as
a
“victim
of
domestic
violence,” but
said
she
had
not
been
the
only
victim.”

Eckert
said
Boateng
was
also
“a
victim
of
their
shared
toxic
relationship.”

rc/sms
(dpa,
SID)

Source:

DW