Brazilian tennis player Thiago Seyboth Wild, surprise winner of world no on Tuesday with
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After his defeat on Saturday in the 3rd round of the Roland Garros tournament in Paris against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the 23-year-old tennis player “travelled directly to Rio de Janeiro to appear in court” on Monday, the press service said .of the court in a press release.
Seyboth Wild was accused in 2021 of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of his ex-girlfriend, Thayane Lima, with whom he dated for a year and eight months.
Lima, an influencer with 1.2 million Instagram followers, had posted screenshots of verbal abuse she allegedly suffered. The Brazilian press then reported on the allegations.
Seyboth Wild, 172nd player in the world, dismissed a question about the court case during a press conference in Roland-Garros: “I don’t think there’s anything to discuss here, nor do I think it should be a question that one should ask.”everyone”.
For his part, the athlete has taken legal action against his ex-girlfriend for some of his publications on social networks and allegations of extortion, informed those close to the tennis player and decided to “prove his innocence”.