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Process in Munich: Jérôme Boateng (centre), bodyguards
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In the trial against Jérôme Boateng, there was an incident involving his bodyguards at the Munich Criminal Justice Center on Friday.
Law enforcement officials took their personal details after a witness at the trial said she was filmed entering the courthouse and felt threatened.
The public prosecutor had requested that the personal details be determined on the grounds that a criminal offense or the preparation of a criminal offense could have occurred.
The witness, who stated in court that she had seen Boateng attack, hit and insult her then-girlfriend while on vacation in the Caribbean, burst into tears on the witness stand.
"You're just afraid," she said, "that you'll be threatened or that your family will be threatened."
Lawyers: Witness not specifically filmed
After determining the personal details, Boateng's lawyers emphasized that a "security service, which also looked after Mr. Boateng yesterday", only "determined the environment" in order to be able to evaluate "Boateng's security situation".
It was a matter of pure »object clarification« and the witness was not specifically filmed and was only filmed from behind.
The football professional had previously rejected a proposal for an agreement from the Munich I Regional Court in the appeal process.
The proposal is about withdrawing the appeal and renegotiating the amount of the penalty.
To do this, however, the accused would have to accept his conviction.
Last year, the district court sentenced Boateng to a fine of 1.8 million euros – 60 daily rates of 30,000 euros each – for bodily harm.
At the time, the judge saw it as proven that the longtime international, who is now under contract with Olympique Lyon, punched his ex-girlfriend in the face during a holiday together in 2018.
Because Boateng, who denies the allegations, the public prosecutor's office and the co-plaintiffs have appealed, the appeal hearing took place.
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