So with the Australian Open getting underway this week we have some new news on Alexander's Verab and some accusations From a former girlfriend about physical abuse towards her and there's a serious allegation that serious accusations It's gonna have to go to trial in May. Let's go have a read of what the situation is right now So as reported by German website DW and this is a statement from the spokesperson of the court the main hearing in the case will begin in May 2024 who announced the details and due course to go with that of course last year in October It's verab was given a penalty order by the court and find 450,000 euro for lesser crimes in Germany and a penalty Order can be issued when a judge believes the case is straightforward and doesn't warrant a trial The accused can contest the order maintaining the presumption of innocence Which is why it's verab would now face a public hearing It's verab's lawyers Refruiting the penalty order at the time of it coming out and they called the proceedings scandalous adding that there could be no question of a fair trial the law firm questioned the forensic evidence used by the court So that's according to the DW article and of course verab is gonna have to go in person to do this Because apparently the laws in Germany are that you have to be there in person in May So he's gonna have to go to trial and that's when the French open all the clay court season is at So when we start getting a couple more information about this over the next couple of months We'll have to find out it's very complete the French open because there is a serious situation that he's got to attend To and he might not even be able to play of course tennis doesn't really matter in this situation It's much more serious than that, but still it's Possibility that he might not be able to play the French open because he has to go to this trial never know the comments below What do you think about all this? I know it's a very serious subject very touchy subject So be you know please be respectful in the comments But man it is not good for spare but it doesn't look good the ATP They haven't said anything yet. So we'll wait and see if they have a response to this. It's verab He's gonna have to go to court in May for a trial