{"id":15641,"date":"2022-11-05T01:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T01:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2022\/11\/05\/nick-kyrgios-australian-tennis-player-settles-legal-case-with-wimbledon-fan-he-accused-of-being-drunk\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T01:09:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T01:09:17","slug":"nick-kyrgios-australian-tennis-player-settles-legal-case-with-wimbledon-fan-he-accused-of-being-drunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=15641","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios: Australian tennis player settles legal case with Wimbledon fan he accused of being drunk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nick Kyrgios has settled a legal case with a spectator he accused of being “drunk out of her mind” during the Wimbledon final.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna Palus instructed solicitors to bring defamation proceedings against the 27-year-old Australian.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The world number 22 was competing in his first Grand Slam final, which he <\/span>lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kyrgios complained to the umpire about a fan, saying she looked “like she has had about 700 drinks”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Palus, who attended the final with her mother, later accused the 2022 Australian Open doubles champion of a “reckless and entirely baseless allegation”. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement via Knight Temple Law, which represented Palus, Kyrgios apologised for the comment and said he had agreed to pay a sum to charity.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I told the umpire that a fan, who I now know to be Anna Palus, was distracting me during the match, believing that she was drunk,” Kyrgios said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I accept that belief was mistaken, and I apologise.<\/span><\/p>\n

“To make amends, I have donated \u00a320,000 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, a charity chosen by Ms Palus. I will not be commenting on this matter again.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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