Shocking: Arsenal legend to face court trial over assault charge!!
Sep 8, 2016 at 10:58 AM
Former arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will appear in court on 9th November to appeal against an assault charge which allegedly happened in 2014.
The former Germany international is appealing against a €240,000 (£202,000) fine for his alleged involvement in an altercation with another motorist on November 9, 2014.
Lehmann is accused of getting out of his car to grab another man by the scarf after he was overtaken on a road near the city of Starnberg.
The 46-year-old has denied his involvement in the incident, saying in a previous interview with Bild: ‘I have never threatened or choked someone.’
In what seems to have been a road-rage incident that got out of control, Lehmann allegedly ‘felt harassed’ by another driver on the A952 outside Starnberg in November, 2014. He then, allegedly, brought his car, a Fiat, to a stop and engaged in a ‘verbal battle’ with the other driver.
Lehmann then, allegedly, grabbed the man by his scarf and pushed him, according to the details filed by the prosecution.The case will be heard at the district court in Starnberg, Bavaria.
The other man involved in the incident was reportedly uninjured.
Lehmann will be required to attend the proceedings in person, the day before his 47th birthday.