Boris Becker is back in Germany – and has just disappeared. How his release from Huntercombe prison near London went can still be traced. Soon Becker also wants to comment personally. That should flush money into his tight coffers.
Around seven and a half months after his conviction, Boris Becker is back in freedom. The 55-year-old was released from Huntercombe Prison in England on Thursday. This was confirmed by both his lawyer and the British Ministry of Justice. After that, Becker went straight to Germany.
The “Bild” newspaper, which was the first to report on Becker’s release, also wants to know the approximate course of events on Thursday morning. Accordingly, the guards took the former Wimbledon winner out of the cell early in the morning. Becker only took personal items such as photos of his loved ones with him from prison. However, he left his clothes behind and gave some to fellow inmates as gifts in the days before his release.
Around 9 a.m., Becker was then picked up by a van with darkened windows and taken to Biggin Hill Airport in just under two hours, the “Bild” newspaper continues. He was finally flown to Frankfurt am Main in a private plane, where he landed around 12:40 p.m.
Since then, Boris Becker has disappeared. It is unclear where he spent Thursday afternoon and the night. With his mother Elvira, who lives in Leimen, he will not be accommodated, “Bild” claims to have found out. Nevertheless, the mother knows how to report: “Everything is fine, Boris is fine.”
But Becker himself will soon break his silence. So Sat.1 announced a special program for Tuesday evening, in which the former Wimbledon winner should take a personal stand. He will be questioned by moderator Steven Gätjen. Whether the interview will be conducted live or recorded was initially unclear, as was the location of the conversation.
Sat.1 editor-in-chief Juliane Eßling said on the announcement of the interview: “Boris Becker is perhaps the greatest hero in German sport. We all know the unbelievable highs and downfalls in his life.” You will now not talk about him, but with him. Essling added: “I’m delighted that Boris Becker is putting his trust in us for the first and only interview in the world after perhaps the most difficult time in his life.”
However, Becker will probably be rewarded princely for his “trust”. As the “Bild” newspaper also claims to have found out, he collects a mere 450,000 pounds (around 515,000) euros for the interview.
Money that he can certainly use well in his bankruptcy. At the end of April, Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in London because he had not properly declared parts of his assets in his bankruptcy proceedings. The fact that he was released early is due to a special rule in Great Britain. It stipulates that foreigners who have committed a criminal offense can shorten their imprisonment if they leave the country immediately.
Becker has had his center of life in London in recent years. But he probably won’t be able to return there for the time being.
