When Lilly Becker and Boris Becker ended their marriage in 2018, the Dutch model spoke candidly about the heartbreak, saying, “When you fall in love, you think it’s forever. This time it didn’t work.” Now, eight years later, Lilly has turned a private financial dispute into a public confrontation, accusing the six-time Grand Slam champion of failing to support their 16-year-old son, Amadeus.
The couple married in 2009 and welcomed Amadeus in 2010. Their marriage appeared stable until the 2018 separation. Following their split, a UK family court ordered Boris to pay £8,000 ($10,000) each month in child maintenance. More than three years after his release from a British prison, Lilly claims he has fallen behind on those payments and is actively challenging the court order. Boris had previously been convicted on four charges under the Insolvency Act related to his bankruptcy.
“He’s a different size every six weeks. Thank God he doesn’t want designer gear; he’s not into logos. Amadeus is a British boy through and through, but the cost of living in England on a single income was too much for me,” Lilly told the Daily Mail, describing the financial strain she has faced.
Lilly and Amadeus relocated from Wimbledon to Germany last year. She revealed that her boyfriend, sports agent Thorsten Weck, who lives in Düsseldorf, has stepped in to help cover the teenager’s expenses. “Let me tell you something about Boris. The last time I said to him, ‘He could do with some clothes’, he bought Amadeus a designer hoodie and took him and his school friend to a five-star resort in Dubai,” she said.
“It shows how out of touch he is that he’ll make these grand gestures, but he won’t pay the money a court has ordered him to pay to cover the basics. Since he got out of prison, he’s had time to make a new baby, go on expensive holidays, post all happy family stuff on Instagram,” she added. Since his release in December 2022, Becker married Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, who is 22 years his junior, and the couple recently welcomed a daughter, Zoe.
“What about the teenager he already has? My boyfriend has helped me out with those basics before, and it’s not even his duty. Aren’t you ashamed by that, Boris?” Lilly questioned.