A trial against Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev begins next week in Berlin.
Ten days of hearings are planned from May 31 until July 19, the Tiergarten District Court announced on Thursday.
In October, the court sentenced the German to a fine of 450,000 euros for bodily harm. Zverev, who will be playing at the French Open in Paris starting next week, denies the accusation and has lodged an appeal. The case is now going to trial.
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The alleged victim is appearing as a co-plaintiff in the proceedings. According to the court, she will be questioned as a witness on the first day of the trial. The 27-year-old is accused of physically abusing a woman during an argument in Berlin in May 2020. The professional athlete denies this.
Zverev will not appear in person
Last October, when the court made its announcement, the tennis player’s lawyers said that the allegations underlying the penal order had already been refuted by a report from a Berlin forensic doctor. The proceedings suffered from “serious procedural violations.”
Zverev will take action against this with “all means”, said a press release from Zverev’s lawyers.
Parallel to the start of the trial, the French Open is taking place in Paris, where the Olympic champion is one of the title favorites.
Zverev does not have to appear in court in Berlin himself. Since this is a penal order, he can be represented by a lawyer, it was said. “The court has not ordered his personal appearance,” said a spokeswoman.
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