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| Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity in bankruptcy case |
| 2018-06-16 |
| [www.politico.eu] Former tennis superstar is war-torn Central African Republic’s attaché for sports and culture to the EU. Former tennis superstar Boris Becker has claimed his diplomatic role for the Central African Republic protects him against legal claims in a bankruptcy case. The three-time Wimbledon winner — who was declared bankrupt in 2017 over money owed to a private British bank — told the U.K. High Court his appointment as the war-torn African country’s attaché for sports and culture to the European Union should afford him diplomatic immunity against claims on “further assets,” BBC reported Friday. “This means he cannot be subject to legal process in the courts of any country for so long as he remains a recognized diplomatic agent,” the former tennis star’s legal team said. Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17 in 1985, and again in 1986 and 1989. Following retirement, he worked as a pundit for the BBC and became a diplomat for the Central African Republic, one of the world’s poorest countries, in April. The German former champion claimed the proceedings against him are “unjustified and unjust” and that he is invoking his diplomatic immunity to “bring this farce to an end” and stop “the gravy train for the suits.” |
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