Allegations against tennis star: did Zverev hit and suffocate his ex-girlfriend?

The allegations are not new. No not at all. The statements of Olga Sharipova, the ex of tennis player Alexander Zverev, were already circulating online at the end of October. The 23-year-old photographer told Russian online platform “Championat” some shocking things.

About Zverev choking her with a pillow. Banging your head against the wall. He slapped her in the face at the Laver Cup in Geneva. She also shared how the 23-year-old humiliated her emotionally. Zverev kept telling her it was worth nothing.

The result: The German spoke in an emotional post on Instagram, describing the allegations as “simply false”. The “unsustainable accusations of my ex-girlfriend” would make him “very sad,” Zverev continued. And: “We had a relationship that ended a long time ago. I can’t explain why Olga is making these accusations now. “

It is clear, however, that the allegations are not that easy to dismiss. Zverev’s words do not silence Sharipova either, who then talks to the “New York Times” reporter Ben Rothenberg. Which is probably a good thing. Why: The Rothenberg Protocol, published on the tennis platform “The Racquet”, paints a grim picture of the tennis star.

Sharipova describes several cases in which Zverev is said to have humiliated her and even physically attacked her. Unlike him, she was “nothing”, she didn’t get anything, she didn’t earn any money, it is said that he has told her several times. And: «He pushed me, he turned his arms to me or he choked me first. But that was when it first hit me. When he came out of the room why … It’s really hard to talk about it because it was really hell. (…) I mean that he forgets from time to time. After this discussion he left the room and I died. I died emotionally. “

The reporter spoke for two hours with the 23-year-old. Anyone who reads the protocol is shocked. Not just because of the declarations. No. Also because Rothenberg shows screenshots of short messages. And he talked to a friend of the photographer who lived in New Jersey, with whom he found refuge, and his stepmother.

And what does Alexander Zverev think of the new accusations? Well, shut up. Rothenberg tried to talk to Zverev’s American manager Tony Godsick. But he didn’t get a real answer. And «Bild», which also asked for a statement, received the following explanation from Zverev’s website: «As you know, Alexander published a statement last week and continues to support the clarification statements made there.

A detailed text on the subject can be read here (for a fee). Among other things, to discover in the article: what he wants to achieve with his statements.