BARCELONA, Spain — Former ladies’s No. 1 tennis participant Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and her ex-husband have been discovered responsible of fraud, a Spanish courtroom dominated Wednesday.
The Barcelona-based courtroom discovered that Sanchez Vicario and her former husband had hidden property in an try to keep away from paying a multi-million euro debt to Banque de Luxembourg.
The four-time Grand Slam winner was sentenced to 2 years of jail time, however she averted going behind bars because the courtroom waived her sentence as a first-time offender. She reached a cope with prosecutors final yr to confess to the accusations in trade for a decreased sentence.
Her husband, Josep Santacana, acquired a jail sentence of three years and three months.
The previous couple should additionally pay a high quality of 6.6 million euros (US$7.1 million).
Sanchez Vicario, 52, gained the French Open in 1989, 1994, and 1998 and the U.S. Open in 1994.
