Brazilian tennis player Thiago Seyboth Wild, winner to everyone’s surprise of world number 2 Daniil Medvedev at Roland-Garros at the start of the fortnight, appeared before a court in Rio de Janeiro to answer accusations of violence against his ex-girlfriend. , informed the Brazilian justice on Tuesday.
After his Saturday third-round loss to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, the 23-year-old “went straight to Rio de Janeiro to appear in court” on Monday, the court’s press office said in a statement.
Seyboth Wild was accused in 2021 of physical and psychological abuse by his ex-girlfriend Thayane Lima, with whom he had a relationship of one year and eight months. Lima, an influencer with 1.2 million Instagram followers, had exposed screenshots of verbal abuse she claimed to have suffered. Accusations then reported by the Brazilian press.
Seyboth Wild, 172nd player in the world, dismissed a question about the court case during a press conference at Roland: “I don’t think there’s anything to discuss here and I don’t think it’s is a question to ask anyone”. The sportsman has for his part taken legal action against his ex-girlfriend for some of his publications on social networks and for accusations of extortion, informed the entourage of the tennis player, decided to “prove his innocence”.