Tbilisi City Court has granted GEL 100, 000 bail to Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili. Nikoloz Basilashvili has been charged for violence against his ex-wife. 

Prosecutor Natia Guruli stated this after the court session today. 

“The court partially shared the request of the prosecution. The court did not agree that there was a high risk of a new crime, as well as that the evidence would be destroyed or Nikoloz Basilashvili would flee. Although this does not mean that there is no evidence. The bail was imposed in the amount of 100,000 GEL”, – Prosecutor stated. 

The prosecutor refused to speak about the evidence due to the interests of the minor.

Basilashvili’s lawyer told journalists that Basilashvili had not committed any crime. She noted that no evidence exists.

The pre-trial hearing on the case has been scheduled for July 16.

Tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili was arrested on May 22. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, on May 21, Basilashvili physically assaulted his ex-wife on the grounds of a dispute in Avchala district, Tbilisi. The criminal case is investigated under Article 126, Part 2, Subparagraph B of the Criminal Code of Georgia.