French soccer star Benjamin Pavard from Bayern Munich has been fined for driving under the influence of alcohol. This was announced by the Munich district court and the public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. “A fine was imposed in an amount that would not appear in a police record of the convicted person,” said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office. There was no information on the exact amount. The verdict is not yet legally binding.
The 26-year-old Pavard was caught driving a car with 1.41 per mil in the blood last year. The public main hearing against the 2018 world champion scheduled for this Wednesday was canceled. Instead, there was a written decision by a judge, said a court spokesman. Pavard was due to face drunk driving charges after appealing a penal order. According to the court spokesman, the defense limited its objection to the daily rate and no longer to the duration of the driver’s license suspension. The court spokesman said it was normal for the main public hearing to be canceled at short notice in such a case.
The penalty order is decisive for the duration of the driver’s license suspension. The public prosecutor’s office said that the ban on the re-issuance of the driver’s license would last for about two months. Because of a “mistake” off the pitch, Pavard was also fined by Bayern Munich in the fall. When asked about various points and the subject of the driver’s license, Pavard recently said on “Sport1”: “I’ve always had the backing of the club. I’ve felt very good for a long time. As for the driver’s license thing: I have a mistake that I’ve admitted. No one’s perfect, but I’ve learned from it.”
Recently Pavard had convinced sporty. In Munich’s 5-3 win over FC Augsburg on Saturday, the defender scored two goals for the first time in his career.