BERLIN (AP) — Fresh out of prison for bankruptcy offenses, tennis great Boris Becker is heading for the limelight again.
The three-time Wimbledon champion was
deported to his native Germany last week after serving eight months of a 2 1/2-year sentence in Britain.
German broadcaster SAT.1 was due Tuesday evening to air the first interview with Becker since his release. The TV channel quoted the 55-year-old as saying his time in prison had taught him “a hard lesson, a very expensive one, a very painful one.”
Meanwhile, organizers of the annual Berlin film festival said next year’s installment will feature the premiere of an as-yet untitled documentary about Becker by Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney.
The organizers of the Feb. 16-26 Berlinale said Gibney trailed Becker before
his April conviction for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.