Zverev and his ex-girlfriend Brenda Patea have reached ‘an out-of-court settlement.’
Alexander Zverev’s assault trial has concluded as the German tennis star has reached “an out-of-court settlement” with his ex-girlfriend Brenda Patea, who accused him of physical abuse during an argument in 2020 May, via Jonathan Crane of Deutsche Welle.
Last October, a court in Berlin issued a penalty order against Zverev and slapped him with a €450k fine. But Zverev and his lawyers rejected the verdict, with the 27-year-old German maintaining his innocence and revealing he would take his case to trial.
And last Friday, Zverev’s assault appeal hearing started in Berlin – but he wasn’t present because he was and still is at the French Open. On Monday, the case resumed and Patea – the mother of his child – took the stand to give her testimony.
And on Friday morning local time, the trial ended after Zverev and Patea’s side reached a settlement. But Zverev settling the case didn’t mean that he admitted he was guilty of what he was accused of.
“BREAKING: Germany’s top tennis player Alexander Zverev has settled his assault case with his ex-girlfriend. He was accused of strangling her at a Berlin apartment in May 2020. The two sides have now reached an out-of-court settlement. There’s no admission of guilt by Zverev,” Crane of Deutsche Welle reported.
BREAKING: Germany’s top tennis player Alexander Zverev has settled his assault case with his ex-girlfriend.
He was accused of strangling her at a Berlin apartment in May 2020.
The two sides have now reached an out-of-court settlement. There’s no admission of guilt by Zverev.
— Jonathan Crane (@jonathancrane5) June 7, 2024
Zverev was confident he wouldn’t lose the trial
After arriving in Paris, Zverev issued a very confident statement regarding his trial.
“At the end of the day, I do believe in the German system. I do believe in the truth as well. I have to be certain that, you know, I do know what I did, I do know what I didn’t do. That’s, at the end of the day, what’s going to come out, and I have to trust in that,” Zverev said before the start of the French Open.
Also, Zverev said he wouldn’t lose the trial.
“I do believe that I’m not going to lose this procedure. There’s absolutely no chance I am. That’s why I can play calmly,” Zverev said.
Meanwhile, Zverev plays against Casper Ruud in today’s French Open semifinal.