Despite being Becker's second marriage, the union ended in divorce papers being filed by Kerssenberg in 2018.
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Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, 55, was called “a devil” by his estranged wife Sharlely Kerssenberg over the issue of neglecting his son and stopping her child support. Becker spent seven months in a single-occupancy cell in Britain’s Wandsworth prison last year for bankruptcy offences before returning to Germany in December. He was sentenced to prison for tax fraud and served seven months in jail. After returning to Germany, Becker began working as a tennis commentator for Eurosport, but 46-year-old Kerssenberg claimed that the former tennis player did not get in touch with her or their son Amadeus for ten days.
The former Dutch model further asserted that Becker only spoke with his son for two minutes over the phone on Christmas. Amadeus, the couple’s son, was born in 2010, and Becker and Kerssenberg wed in 2009. Prior to her divorce from him, Barbara Fitus was his first wife. Despite being Becker’s second marriage, the union ended in divorce papers being filed by Kerssenberg in 2018.
“Boris can be charming and loving when he wants to, but also extremely hurtful with words. A devil. Prison didn’t make Boris a better person. Boris lives in his world, in which everything revolves around Boris Becker,” Kerssenberg told German tabloid Bild in an interview.
Becker, who declared bankruptcy in 2017, was found guilty of four counts under the Insolvency Act for allegedly concealing assets and loans totaling 2.5 million pounds at the time of bankruptcy by Southwark Crown Court in England. The couple is still legally married, but according to Kerssenberg, Becker hasn’t provided support for their son since April of last year. In addition, Becker has two kids from his previous union with a woman.
“It is not my fault that he went to prison. He ruined his reputation all by himself. If we didn’t have our son, he wouldn’t play a role in my life any more. He should simply take responsibility for his child, that’s all I ask. Boris doesn’t care whether we’re doing well or badly. We used to have an honest love. When I started to emancipate myself in marriage, there were arguments. Also because of Boris’ lies about his finances. Boris loves his children and his mother. In the form in which love is possible for him,” Kerssenberg said in the interview.
Becker spent more than seven months in Wandsworth Prison, and according to UK Law, he was released earlier under a fast-track deportation programme for foreign nationals after serving half of his 30-month prison sentence in Huntercombe Prison. The legendary tennis player had previously talked about his time behind bars.
“I thought I would lose my life in Wandsworth. Someone, a murderer I later found out, wanted my coat and he wanted money and he said he would kill me if he didn’t get it . . . Then in Huntercombe another murderer said they wanted to kill me. My food tray was shaking.” Becker had said as per The Indian Express.
