Boris Becker soaks up the sun alongside his bikini clad wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro as he heads to casino despite former money issues
Boris Becker appeared in good spirits as he showed off a series of photos from his recent getaway in the Bahamas with his wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
Lilian, who is 23 years younger than Boris, showed off her incredible figure in a leopard print bikini as she walked out of the sea.
The couple, who got married in September, also posed together in a sweet selfie while wearing stylish sunglasses.
Boris, 57, appeared to be at peace after the tragic loss of his mother Elvira, who died last month at the age of 89, just a day before his birthday.
The former tennis star also enjoyed a night at the casino, where he shared a photo of himself looking intently at the poker table, despite his past money problems.
Boris’s fall as a three-time Wimbledon champion to financial ruin was widely publicized following the tennis legend’s bankruptcy proceedings in 2022.
Boris Becker soaked up the sun next to his bikini-clad wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro as he took to Instagram on Thursday with a selection of photos from the Bahamas
The former tennis star also enjoyed an evening at the casino, where he shared a photo of himself looking intently at the poker table, despite his past money problems
The former world number one’s rampant wasteful habits saw him squander his fortune, estimated at a whopping £127 million, and declare bankruptcy in 2017.
He was jailed on April 29, 2022 after Becker desperately tried to save what was left of his fortune by hiding his assets and loans.
The star owed creditors almost £50 million over an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his estate in Mallorca, Spain.
He then transferred around £390,000 from his business account to others, including those of his ex-wife Barbara Becker and estranged wife Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker.
Boris also failed to declare his share in a £1 million property in his home town of Leimen, Germany, hid a bank loan of almost £700,000 – worth £1.1 million with interest – and hid 75,000 shares in a technology company, worth £66,000. .
The star – who was given a two-year suspended sentence in Germany in 2002 for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth £1.4 million – was found guilty on April 8, 2022, of four breaches of the Insolvency Act between June and October 2017.
Lilian, a political risk manager, supported Boris through thick and thin during his trial and conviction.
The couple tied the knot in September during a three-day affair in Portofino, Italy, in an outdoor ceremony with beautiful gardens and celebrated with a four-tiered buttercream cake laden with white roses in the evening.
The couple, who married in September, also posed together in a sweet selfie while wearing stylish sunglasses
Boris, 57, appeared to be at peace after the tragic loss of his mother Elvira, who died last month at the age of 89, just a day before his birthday
Boris’s financial collapse was widely publicized following the tennis legend’s bankruptcy proceedings in 2022, when he was jailed for two and a half years (pictured with Lilian in 2022)
The couple spared no expense for the lavish ceremony, with Lilian looking stunning in a strapless bridal gown with ruffles and veil, while Boris opted for a two-piece suit.
Lilian spent much of her childhood in Rome, where she attended a private school before studying at the University of La Sapienza.
She first came to London to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she received her master’s degree at the age of 25.
He reportedly proposed to Lilian in Milan’s cathedral in 2021, but any hopes of a fairytale wedding were dashed by the impending prison sentence.
She was constantly by his side while attending court hearings and even blew him a goodbye kiss when he was jailed and convicted by a judge last year for showing no remorse.
After release from prison, the couple, who lived in Britain, moved to Milan.
A source told The Sun: ‘Boris is incredibly grateful to Lilian for sticking by his side during ‘the most difficult time’ of his life.’
‘He said, ‘She saved me, and that’s why I’ll never forget her. She’s the woman of my new life!’
Lilian, a political risk manager, supported Boris through thick and thin during his trial and conviction (photo in September)
Boris has been married twice before. He married Barbara Feltus in 1993 and the couple had two children: a son, Noah, born in 1994, and a daughter, Elias, born in 1999.
In December 2000, the couple announced their separation. A year later, Becker was forced to admit he was the father of Anna, the daughter of Russian model Angela Ermakova, after a Supreme Court battle.
In 2002, Boris was convicted of tax evasion and attempted tax evasion in Germany.
Seven years later he announced that he was engaged to Dutch model Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Kerssenberg. She gave birth to a son, Amadeus, in 2010. They announced their divorce in 2018.