“I have learned a hard lesson. Expensive. Very painful. But all this has taught me something important and good. And some things happen for a good reason, ”she said in an interview with the German channel Sat.1.
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“I think I have rediscovered in myself the person I once was”stressed the 55-year-old tennis player, three-time Wimbledon tournament champion.
In relation to the 232 days that the tennis star spent in prison – first in London’s Wandsworth and then in Huntercombe, Oxfordshire – Becker noted that during that period he was “nobody”.
“You’re just a number. Mine was A2923EV. Nobody called me Boris, it was a number. And they don’t give a shit who you are.”
About his last hours before his release, Becker recounted how he spent the time sitting on the edge of the bed and waiting for the cell door to open.
“They asked me if I was ready and I told them: let’s go. He already had his luggage packed, ”he recalled.
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Becker was released after serving just eight months in prison of a 2.5-year sentence imposed last April for concealing assets and loans. worth 2.5 million pounds (2.9 million euros) to avoid paying their debts.
The former number 1 in the world declared insolvency on June 21, 2017, with a debt that almost reached 50 million pounds (about 58 million euros) related to an unpaid loan of more than 3 million pounds (3.4 million euros) for a property he had in Mallorca (Spain).
According to information from the German tabloid “Bild”, Becker, still immersed in insolvency proceedings, has received more than 500,000 euros for the interview with Sat.1.
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