World Cup winner Boateng let off with warning in assault retrial

Judge Susanne Hemmerich said there was not enough evidence to back the accusation the 2014 World Cup winner was a "notorious woman beater". She imposed a warning and a conditional fine of 200,000 euros ($217,709) which is only payable in case of any new convictions. Boateng's former partner and mother of his twins had accused him of assaulting and insulting her during a Caribbean holiday in 2018. Boateng, now 35, was convicted in 2021 and fined 1.8 million euros in an initial trial, and his appeal...