Bayern Munich and German defender, Jerome Boateng is facing charges of aggravated assault against his former partner and longtime fiancée, Sherin Senler.
According to Mail Online, the 31-year-old footballer is accused of causing dangerous bodily harm to Senler, who is the mother of his twin daughters, in an incident last year.
The publication reported that the public prosecutor’s office No 1 of Munich have been investigating the incident since the backend of 2018 and charges were brought before a district court on February 11 of this year.
Police are also looking into another incident of suspected assault against Senler involving Bayern defender Boateng.
The two who have been dating since 2007 had a stormy relationship which saw them separated severally. In 2011, the pair broke up, the same year their twins Soley and Lamia were born.
In 2013, Boateng and Senler, a former fashion student, rekindled their relationship and got engaged the following year but are understood to have split again. The case continues.
