Sharlely Kerssenberg the estranged wife of Boris Becker, has branded the former tennis star ‘a devil’ who has abandoned his young son after his release from jail.

“Boris can be charming and loving when he wants to, but also extremely hurtful with words. A devil,” Kerssenberg told the German newspaper Bild, according to Daily Mail. “Prison didn’t make Boris a better person. Boris lives in a world in which everything revolves around Boris Becker. It is not my fault he went to prison. He ruined his reputation all by himself. 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’s lies about his finances.”

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Becker, 55, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in April 2022 for concealing $3 million in assets and loans in order to avoid paying his debts. He had declaring bankruptcy in 2017. In 2002, he received a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of tax fraud in Germany. Following his release, Kerssenberg, 46, revealed that the tennis star had stopped paying child support for their son 13-year-old Amadeus. He was released from jail in December 2022. after his release, he was deported from the UK to his homeland of Germany.

Who is Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Kerssenberg?

Sharlely Kerssenberg is June 25, 1976 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She is a model and television personality. Kerssenberg lived with his grandparents after her parents died when she was three years old.

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After graduating from high school in 1992, Lilly wanted to pursue a career as a model but ended up becoming a bartender. Lilly relocated to Miami early in her career. In 1999, worked as a bartender and hostess. She began modeling throughout her marriage from 2003 till 2008. She went on to become a model, appearing in advertising campaigns, fashion shows, and commercials.

She was married to Michael R. Bermann from 2003 to 2008. She got married to Boris in 2009.

After nine years of marriage, Boris and Lilly Becker announced their separation in 2018. “The choice after a 13-year relationship and nine years of marriage wasn’t easy,” lawyer Christian-Oliver Moser told the German news agency DPA at the time.