Boris Becker

In April, Becker was found guilty of four charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy case under the Insolvency Act and was sentenced by Judge Deborah Taylor at ...

He was originally due to serve half his sentence in jail. Becker was released from a UK prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and had been due to be deported from the UK, PA Media reported on Thursday. [Boris Becker](http://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/tennis/boris-becker-jail-sentence-bankruptcy-spt-intl/index.html) has left for Germany after serving just eight months of his sentence in the UK, his lawyer said on Thursday, after UK media reported he had been released from custody and was due to be deported.

Becker had been sentenced to 30 months behind bars in April after being found guilty of hiding $3.1 million of assets and loans to avoid paying debts, The ...

[BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/63987543) reported. [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/63987543), “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.” [The Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/sports-prisons-boris-becker-c5d54f05304818b6d1677ed7fb3e9233) reported.

The three-time Wimbledon champion ​​had been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets.

He would normally have had to serve half of his sentence before being eligible for release, but was released early under a fast-track deportation program for foreign nationals. He did not give additional details about Becker’s whereabouts in Germany. German tennis legend and three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday.

Boris Becker has been released from prison in the U.K. after serving 8 months for bankruptcy fraud.

[declaring bankruptcy](https://www.tmz.com/2017/06/21/boris-becker-declared-bankrupt-historic-debt/) in 2017 ... as well as [concealing assets](https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/22/boris-becker-28-counts-pleads-not-guilty-hiding-wimbledon-trophies/) and debts. and lost a ton of weight in the process. and the judge said at the time Becker would have to serve half his sentence in jail. [became a yoga instructor](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/20/tennis-legend-boris-becker-teaching-yoga-to-inmates-prison/) for his fellow inmates ... [2.5 years behind bars](https://www.tmz.com/2022/04/29/tennis-legend-boris-becker-sentenced-2-1-2-years-prison-bankruptcy-fraud/) in April after being convicted on four charges stemming from his 2017 bankruptcy case ...

The 55-year-old German six-time Grand Slam champion has served a prison sentence linked to his 2017 bankruptcy.

“I don’t know what to make of it,” he said. I’m not going to hide or run away. have sought to distance yourself from your offending and your bankruptcy. While I accept your humiliation as part of the proceedings, there has been no humility,” she said. However, he was released on Thursday morning. He said he was “shocked” and “embarrassed” when he was declared bankrupt and had relied on advisers to manage his life outside tennis.

LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday.

The three-time Wimbledon champion had been sentenced to 30 months in prison in April for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. He did not give additional details about Becker’s location in Germany. LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday.

Becker had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of four Insolvency Act charges in April.

Becker himself has won six Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in doubles. His former wife Barbara Feltus and estranged wife Sharlely "Lilly" Becker — whom If he had not gone back to Germany, Becker would have been deported from the U.K. [according to CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/tennis/boris-becker-released-prison-spt-intl/index.html). [ABC News.](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/boris-becker-found-guilty-bankruptcy-face-jail-83959762) [Boris Becker](https://people.com/sports/boris-becker-sentenced-to-2-years-in-jail-after-being-found-guilty-of-bankruptcy-charges/) was released after serving eight months in a U.K.

Tennis legend Boris Becker of Germany has been freed from prison early due to a fast-track deportation program. Becker served eight months in England ...

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