Moderator about the Becker process
“Boris didn’t rip off impoverished grannies”: Gottschalk defends Becker
Boris Becker has already been found guilty of four out of 24 charges
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Thomas Gottschalk and Boris Becker have known each other for many years and both belong to the German celebrity scene. Now the moderator comments on the bankruptcy process that Becker is currently doing.
Boris Becker was found guilty by a jury on four counts out of 24 at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. He will have to wait until Friday April 29 before he realizes the extent of this. Only then will the judge announce the sentence for the ex-tennis star and this can even end in imprisonment. His friend Thomas Gottschalk now commented on the allegations against the 54-year-old in an interview.
For the moderator Gottschalk, the process of Boris Becker seems to be an emotional point. He told the daily newspaper “Bild”: “Boris didn’t rip off any impoverished grandmothers. In the worst case, a few rich financiers who wanted to adorn themselves with the fame of the tennis idol became a little poorer and that was obviously a bad investment. My sympathy for them has its limits.”
Becker faces up to seven years in prison for delaying bankruptcy. The court accused the former Wimbledon winner of concealing parts of his exact assets in bankruptcy proceedings against his insolvency administrator Mark Ford.
Thomas Gottschalk: “He made more mistakes when it came to money and women”
Becker himself had to be ready for days in the courthouse of Southwark Crown Court for the verdict. The jury had allowed a total of three days to reach their verdict. He was subsequently found guilty on four counts. Becker’s defense had argued that their client had no precise insight into his assets and that he did not take care of his finances himself.
Thomas Gottschalk also suspects Becker’s ignorance: “While we learned at school that you can’t spend anything you don’t own, little Boris threw tennis balls over the net. In terms of money and women, he made more mistakes than on the tennis court,” the moderator admits to the daily newspaper. The former “Wetten, dass…?” moderator is also critical of public sympathy: “The audience first applauded his successes and is now intoxicated by his decline.”
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