This is a testimony that should not suit Jérôme Boateng.
Involved for three years in a story of domestic violence against Kasia Lenhardt, his ex-partner, who killed herself on February 9, 2021, the former Bayern Munich defender is awaiting a new judgment.
Indeed, the German justice system, which initially sentenced Boateng to a fine of 1.2 million euros in 2022, has since annulled its decision and relaunched proceedings.
This Friday, the German newspaper Der Spiegel brought new elements to the case, starting with the testimony of the mother of the 2014 world champion: “My son has been abusing women mentally and physically for years.
Today, Kasia Lenhardt committed suicide and he still doesn't want to face the consequences of his behavior.
» The media, which offers a podcast in six episodes to return to the case, specifies that this statement dating from March 2021 would come from an email sent to a lawyer representing another ex-partner of Jérôme Boateng, a few weeks after the death of Kasia Lenhardt.
Boateng's mother retracted her comments
The mother of the former Olympique Lyonnais defender, however, returned to her statements this Saturday in Bild, revoking her statement.
“From my own experience, I never had reason to believe that my son was violent towards a woman,” she reveals in the daily, adding that she would have suffered threats to testify against her son. .
In the rest of the file, Der Spiegel, after analyzing more than 25 hours of voice messages in Kasia Lenhardt's phone, reports that the young woman wanted to file a complaint against the 38-year-old footballer a few weeks before committing suicide, but that she was unable to do so due to a “non-disclosure agreement”.
Signed on January 25, 2021, the latter would have prevented the model from speaking out about the domestic violence she was experiencing.
Contacted by the German media, Jérôme Boateng only spoke through his lawyer.
“Due to the ongoing procedure, it is not possible for our client to answer your questions in detail.
Basically, you are simply misinformed, to a large extent,” received Der Spiegel's only response.