1.8 million fine for Jerome Boateng
A Munich court fined Jerome Boateng €1.8 million on Thursday, 9 September, after having been found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
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The facts date back to 2018, in a hotel, just after Germany's elimination from the World Cup in Russia. Boateng allegedly threw a lantern at his former girlfriend before hitting her with an insulated box. The mother of his two children accuses the Olympique Lyonnais player of sticking a thumb in her eye and then pulling her to the ground by her hair.
🚨 OFFICIAL: Jérôme Boateng received a one-and-a-half-year suspended jail sentence today and he will pay his ex-partner €1.8M in damages after he was found guilty for domestic violence. pic.twitter.com/rkpV3ZEAIK
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) September 9, 2021
Jerome Boateng denies the facts, but the Munich court was obviously not convinced and ordered him to pay a hefty fine. The former couple are still in court over the custody of their twin daughters, who currently live with the Olympique Lyonnais recruit.
In February 2021, another ex-girlfriend of the ex-Manchester City player took her own life at a flat in Berlin.
Several footballers are currently in trouble with the law, including Benjamin Mendy.
