Alexander Zverev has once more denied allegations of assault after the general public prosecutor’s workplace in Berlin utilized for a penalty order to be made in opposition to the German tennis star.
“From my aspect, I fully reject the allegations. My attorneys will maintain the matter. I gained’t say any greater than that,” Zverev stated on the Hamburg European Open on Monday in feedback reported by information company DPA.
DPA reported the Tiergarten District Courtroom confirmed receipt of the prosecutor’s utility on July 7 and that Zverev was accused of assault. The court docket didn’t present additional particulars.
Broadcaster RTL was first to interrupt information of the applying on Friday. RTL reported the alleged injured social gathering was Zverev’s former accomplice Brenda Patea, who gave delivery to their daughter in March 2021.
In January this yr, the ATP stated there was “inadequate proof” to substantiate allegations of home abuse in opposition to Zverev made by one other former girlfriend, Olya Sharypova.
Zverev has persistently denied the allegations.
Zverev, ranked nineteenth, is because of play Slovakian participant Alex Molcan within the first spherical of the Hamburg European Open.
