Former tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario given suspended jail term


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 10, 2022 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario U.S. Open former champion is seen in the stands REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been given a suspended jail term for fraud, a court in Barcelona said on Wednesday.

Sanchez Vicario, 52, and her former husband Josep Santacana and three other people were convicted by the criminal court of hiding assets to avoid paying a 7.6 million-euro ($8.27 million) debt to Banque de Luxembourg, including interest.

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