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Prosecutors reopen Bayern Munich defender Jérôme Boateng assault probe

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Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng. [Reuters]

Munich authorities have reopened their investigation of assault allegations against Bayern Munich defender Jérôme Boateng after receiving new information from police investigating the death of his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said yesterday.

Munich prosecutors last summer shelved their investigation into an alleged 2019 assault by Boateng on his former girlfriend Kasia Lenhardt, after Lenhardt decided “not to provide any more incriminating statements.”

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