Boris Becker talks about time in prison during prime time on TV
The German private broadcaster Sat.1 announced an exclusive interview with Boris Becker about his imprisonment in Great Britain. The show will air next Tuesday at 8:15 p.m.
by SID
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Dec 16, 2022, 04:10 pm
After his release from a British prison, Boris Becker will be speaking for the first time in a television interview about the difficult time behind bars next week. At prime time (8:15 p.m.), the tennis icon is supposed to answer questions from moderator Steven Gätjen live on Tuesday in the “Sat.1 Spezial. Boris Becker” on the private broadcaster.
According to its own statements, Sat.1 broadcasts the "world's only interview with Boris Becker", who left the prison in London on Thursday. "I am pleased that Boris Becker is putting his trust in us after perhaps the most difficult time in his life," said Sat.1 editor-in-chief Juliane Eßling. Becker is "perhaps the greatest hero of German sport".
Becker benefits from proceedings and is released earlier
According to the television broadcaster, the conversation should be conducted in German and English. Two documentaries about the 55-year-old will then be broadcast.
Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in April and has been in prison ever since. Now he has benefited from a procedure designed to ease the pressure on overcrowded British prisons. Becker was released earlier and does not have to serve the remainder of his sentence. The six-time Grand Slam winner had been accused of offenses in his insolvency proceedings, which had been ongoing since 2017. It was about an alleged non-disclosure of possessions and the concealment of debts. Becker had always contradicted that.
More problems follow
The problems are not over for Becker when he is in prison. So it is not foreseeable when the insolvency proceedings against him could be finished. "At the moment you cannot see the perspective. In England, Mr. Becker was denied the discharge of residual debt without stating a deadline and the insolvency requirements apply until 2031," said Hans Fritsche, specialist lawyer for insolvency and restructuring law, the SID: "But it may be possible a solution with the creditors. I assume that attempts will be made to find an agreement on a regular basis."
Another hurdle is possible income. "If he were to conclude an employment contract, an exemption limit would apply," says Fritsche, "it's different with the self-employed. There has to be an agreement on what the debtor can keep and what is to be paid. In Becker's case, that would be the insolvency administrators from England decide."