Assault Trial
Jerome Boateng does not accept the verdict against him and appeals
Will not accept judgment for assault: Ex-national player Jerome Boateng
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After more than ten hours of trial, the Munich District Court sentenced Jerome Boateng last week for assault. But the case is far from over.
Ex-national player Jérôme Boateng does not accept his conviction for bodily harm and is taking action against the decision of the Munich District Court. His new lawyer has appealed, said a spokesman for the Munich district court on Thursday at the request of the German press agency.
The public prosecutor’s office and the accessory prosecution also filed an appeal, according to the information. This means that the next instance, the Munich I Regional Court, will have to negotiate the case again.
Jerome Boateng: sentenced to 60 daily rates of 30,000 euros
The district court had sentenced the 33-year-old Boateng last week to pay a fine of 1.8 million euros for assaulting his former girlfriend. It imposed a fine of 60 daily rates of 30,000 euros each.
The judge saw it as proven that Boateng had hit his then partner in the face during a Caribbean vacation in 2018. 30,000 euros is the highest possible daily rate, but Boateng does not have a criminal record. A criminal record is only available from 90 daily rates.
The public prosecutor’s office had demanded a suspended sentence of one and a half years in the process – he was also supposed to pay 1.5 million euros. Boateng’s then defender Kai Walden had demanded an acquittal.
Prosecutor spoke of dangerous bodily harm
The prosecution accuses Boateng of attacking his ex-partner in July 2018 while on vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. Accordingly, he is said to have beaten her, punched her, bitten her in the head, thrown her on the floor and violently insulted her. The ex-girlfriend described it as a joint plaintiff in a similar way. The allegations were of insult and bodily harm, and the public prosecutor’s office even assumed dangerous bodily harm in their closing argument.
The court, however, only accepted “a punch” in the face. Boateng, who recently signed in Lyon, denied the allegations. He admitted in court that there was an escalation in the Caribbean luxury complex with private pool and staff. He emphasized that he had never beaten his ex-girlfriend.
According to their information, the two have had an “on-off relationship” since 2007. Since 2015, they have been arguing in front of the family court about the right to determine the right of residence for their children.
