Boris Becker - Interesting Plea for Mercy

 "Defense attorney Jonathan Laidlaw [for Boris Becker] argued for leniency, saying his client hadn't spent money on a 'lavish lifestyle' but rather on child support, rent and legal and business expenses. Becker, he told the court, has experienced 'public humiliation' and has no future earnings potential." - ESPN, April 29, 2022.

Was that defense argument effective with Judge Deborah Taylor in the London Southwark Crown Court? That depends on how Becker assessed the 2 and a half year sentence he received. 

The jury found that the 54-year-old former tennis star had played it cute during his June 2017 bankruptcy. Essentially he had transferred thousands of pounds from a number of his accounts to where he hoped they couldn't be detected. That stealth move included putting his ex-wife and an estranged one in the loop.

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