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‘I’ve hit rock bottom, but I’ll face my sentence’: Boris Becker tearfully talks about the turmoil he felt before being jailed for two and a half years for bankruptcy fraud in a clip from a new documentary… as the embarrassed star Wimbledon will be released after just EIGHT MONTHS
- Boris Becker, 55, stars in a two-part Apple TV+ show about his life.
- The tennis star hid £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts.
- He was convicted in April but is expected to be released imminently.
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Boris Becker has opened up about the emotional turmoil he felt before being sentenced on bankruptcy charges in a clip for a new documentary.
The 55-year-old tennis star, who won Wimbledon at 17 along with six Grand Slams, said he had hit rock bottom while awaiting sentencing earlier this year.
He was convicted in April of concealing £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts, but is expected to be released imminently after nearly eight months in prison.
The clip of Becker being interviewed before sentencing was released by the filmmakers of an upcoming untitled documentary.
With tears in her eyes, she said, ‘I’ve hit rock bottom, I don’t know what to do with it.’
‘I will face (my sentence), I will not hide or run away. (I will) accept whatever sentence I am going to get.
“It’s Wednesday afternoon and (on) Friday I know the rest of my life.”
Director Alex Gibney and producer John Battsek, known for Oscar-winning documentaries like Searching For Sugar Man, have been documenting the tennis star’s life for three years in a series of “deeply intimate interviews.”
Becker, who has lived in London since 2012, is expected to serve half of his 30-month sentence behind bars and then reportedly be deported to Germany.
The Daily Mail quoted a UK government source in May as saying Becker met the criteria to be considered for deportation and that his case would be considered in the usual way.
Becker would qualify for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national who does not have British citizenship and has received a prison sentence of more than 12 months.
However, Becker could appeal against this decision.
The upcoming two-part Apple TV+ show will explore the life and tennis career of Boris Becker.
The tennis star was convicted in April of hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
Apple TV+ said the two-part show explores the three-time Wimbledon champion and former world number one’s tennis career early on, as well as his “turbulent” personal life.
Other interviewees for the show include his immediate family and tennis rivals such as American John McEnroe, Swede Mats Wilander and fellow German Michael Stich.
Also featured is Novak Djokovic, whom Becker coached from 2013 to 2016 when the former tennis world number one won six Grand Slams.
Along with Bjorn Borg, a former tennis number one who had been the youngest Wimbledon men’s champion 20 years before Becker broke his record.
Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17 and six Grand Slams during his tennis career.
With tears in her eyes, she said, ‘I’ve hit rock bottom, I don’t know what to do with it.’ ‘I will face (my sentence), I will not hide or run away. (I will) accept any sentence that they are going to give me’
Becker filed for bankruptcy on June 21, 2017, owing creditors nearly £50m on an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his property in Mallorca, Spain.
The former BBC commentator transferred almost 427,000 euros (around £390,000) from his business account to other people, including Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker and his other ex-wife Barbara Feltus.
Becker, who received a two-year suspended sentence for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth 1.7 million euros (about £1.4 million) in Germany in 2002, was found guilty earlier this year of four offenses under the Insolvency Law between June 21 and October 3, 2017.