Before the start of the process, he was not allowed to go into any of the 24 points, according to Lilly Becker’s ex-husband. However, he says about the reporting in the past five years: “Many people confuse the criminal proceedings with the insolvency proceedings. These are two different processes. From March 21 it will be decided whether I have committed a criminal offense.” Regardless of this, his bankruptcy will continue. “It’s over when everything that once belonged to me is sold,” explains Becker.
It is important to the former professional athlete that after his playing career he was dependent on “so-called consultants or managers”, after all he was a “tennis player” and “did not study business administration or law”. However, he was “obviously not always given good advice,” he recalls. “What alternative did I have? A lot of mistakes were made and I still have to foot the bill to this day,” he summarizes.
His children also heard the headlines about the trial. “The two older ones, Noah (28) and Elias (23), are already grown and of course have questions. I still have a very close relationship, especially with my two oldest children. That makes me proud,” says Becker. He has “not yet spoken” to daughter Anna Ermakowa (21) about the insolvency proceedings, his youngest son Amadeus (12) is “too young for the topic”.