The feat was quickly forgotten. After beating, to everyone’s surprise, Daniil Medvedev, world No. 2, in the first round of Roland-Garros on Tuesday, Thiago Seyboth Wild was questioned at a press conference on the accusations of domestic violence brought by his ex-partner, Thayane Lima. “I don’t think that’s a question that should be asked here, or to anyone,” replied the Brazilian. It’s not up to you to decide if this is the place to talk about this or not. »
An investigation was opened against the tennis player in 2021 after acts of physical, psychological and moral violence were denounced by his ex-wife. “When Thiago got angry, he pushed me, pulled my hair, called me a slut, a whore…, explained the young woman at the Brazilian portal UOL. Without realizing it, he made me change everything in my life. I started not being able to wear cleavage anymore, I couldn’t even go to the beach anymore. I’ve always had long nails, but he liked short ones because he said having long nails was a bitch. »
Wanted by the court
In the complaint filed with the authorities, apart from insults and acts of physical violence, Thiago Seyboth Wild is also accused of having controlled the social networks of his ex-partner, who is a doctor, and that he determined the posts what the Brazilian could or could not do. He would also have taken advantage of the fact that Thayane Lima was financially dependent on the player to control everything. In September 2021, Thiago Seyboth Wild denied all these accusations and spoke of “defamatory and slanderous” practices.
Since the filing of a complaint, with a view to a trial, Thiago Seyboth Wild has been wanted by the public prosecutor of Rio de Janeiro, which has never succeeded in arresting the 172nd player in the world. He could never be found at the different addresses he had mentioned. “Thiago has not been located because he is outside Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, devoting himself to professional activities, a fact that is public knowledge,” said the tennis player’s lawyer, Rafael de Melo, Tuesday at UOL.
In stories published on Instagram on Tuesday after Thiago Seyboth Wild’s victory against Daniil Medvedev, Thayane Lima was indignant at the importance given to her ex-companion: “It shocks me, everyone has seen what it happened, and despite everything, he only needs to win one, two or three games for people to forget what the person did. This is the level of importance Brazil attaches to violence against women. (…) I hope that justice will be done, even if it takes time. »