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Former player of real Madrid and German international Christoph Metzelder will be tried in April in Düsseldorf for dissemination of pedophile imagesannounced the court on Monday.
Metzelder, who denies the facts, will be tried on April 29the court added in a statement.
The ancient defense of the German team, Aged 40, is accused of sending an acquaintance for WhatsApp 29 pedophile and pornographic images. You will also be tried for possession of these types of photos.
Christoph Metzelder will be tried in court after the Düsseldorf District Court accepted the prosecutor’s action against the former German footballer, accused of possessing and delivering child pornography to another person up to 29 times. pic.twitter.com/mjCjNYgM8I
– German football (@FutbolAleman) February 22, 2021
The court did not issue an arrest warrant for the former footballer, who was being trained as a coach at German Football Federation (DFB), when it opened the investigation in September 2019.
newspaper picture then he stated that it is the former player’s girlfriend, that I had a relationship for a year, the one who had denounced him after receiving at least a week of pedophile images.
Public television network burn, with whom the player had recently become a commentator, immediately decided “suspend your cooperation“, during the investigation.
World runner-up in 2002, Metzelder he was international 47 times between 2001 and 2008, as a central defender.
After it shone in Borussia Dortmund (2000-2007), signed for real Madrid (2007-2010) and returned to Germany to play in Schalke 04, in which he retired in 2013.
He later ran an advertising agency and his own foundation. “Christoph Metzelder Foundation“To support children’s and young people’s projects. He also coached the TuS Haltern U19 team.
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