Champions League winner Lewandowski:
"Time for a short vacation"
[M] Xinhua / eyevine / laif
Robert Lewandowski is sitting on the railing of a yacht in the Mediterranean, shirtless, his well-toned abdominal muscles tense.
The 32-year-old smiles on the holiday photo for his more than 19 million Instagram followers.
Lewandowski spent the few days off before the start of the new Bundesliga season with his wife Anna and his two daughters.
It should be the recovery from a highly successful season.
Lewandowski won the triple of the championship, DFB Cup and Champions League with Bayern Munich and was top scorer in all three competitions.
This is one of the reasons why the center forward is considered a favorite in the election for world footballer of the year.
It could have been the perfect summer for him.
But while he was enjoying the vacation, a huge storm was brewing in his homeland.
Last Friday, his former advisor, Cezary Kucharski, 48, filed a civil suit against Lewandowski's marketing company RL Management with the economic department of the Warsaw District Court.
In the brief available to SPIEGEL, Kucharski makes serious accusations against his former client.
The most serious allegation is that Lewandowski illegally diverted several million euros from the joint marketing company RL Management, as did his wife Anna.
Among other things, it is about luxury travel and expensive interior design, which the Lewandowskis are said to have paid for from the company account.
Kucharski is demanding around 39 million Polish złoty in damages, the equivalent of around nine million euros.
In response to a request from SPIEGEL, Lewandowski says that the lawsuit has not yet reached him.
Account statement from RL Management
The material that will be presented in court provides insights into Lewandowski's business conduct.
German tax officials are also likely to be interested in the Warsaw process.
Because internal documents indicate that a seven-digit euro amount has landed on a Lewandowski account in Poland, from which the tax authorities in this country may not have received every transfer.
Lewandowski, who is considered a down-to-earth, scandal-free model professional, vehemently defends himself against Kucharski's allegations.
He calls the lawsuit "unfounded" and accuses his former adviser of defamation, harassment and extortion.
Kucharski could "simply not come to terms with the termination of the cooperation," explains a spokeswoman for the soccer star.
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