Tennis star Alexander Zverev and former partner settle assault case

Alexander Zverev and his former partner have agreed to settle his assault case, with no admission of guilt by Zverev, the Berlin Tiergarten District Court announced.

German tennis star Alexander Zverev and his former partner have agreed to settle his assault case, with no admission of guilt by Zverev, the Berlin Tiergarten District Court announced in a statement on Friday. Zverev was accused of “physically abusing and damaging the health of a woman during an argument in Berlin in May 2020,” according to a court statement from October 31, 2023. The 27-year-old was alleged to have “briefly strangled his then partner on the neck with both hands in the stairwell of a Berlin apartment building during an argument,” court documents had stated. The alleged victim was said to have suffered shortness of breath and considerable pain, according to the court statement. Zverev was given a penalty order and fined €450,000 ($478,000) on October 2, 2023. He denied the allegations and lodged an appeal. The trial began on May 31 and was scheduled to proceed over several days until July 19, but ended after three days. “The defendant and the co-plaintiff had agreed to the proceedings being discontinued,” the court said in its statement Friday.