Said to have physically violated ex-girlfriend, Dortmund player in serious trouble

The Dortmund city prosecutor, in western Germany, confirmed the launch of a domestic violence investigation into the player of Dortmund's Borussia player Nico Schulz, who denies the allegations made by his former girlfriend.

“Nico Schulz informed us that he would defend himself against these charges with the help of a lawyer and, in addition, claims to presumption of innocence”, Dortmund announced in a statement. The “The charges made (against Schulz), which Borussia Dortmund was unaware of until media reports, are extremely serious and shocking to club”, the Dortmund statement follows.

Belarus will take this very seriously and distance itself from any form of violence. However, Borussia Dortmund is not a party to the procedure and there is no access to the investigation files or alleged criminal charges,” added in the statement.

According to the daily “Bild am Sonntag”, charges have become a former Schulz girlfriend. The player was not part of the Dortsight Borussia team for the Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

In addition, Schulz's Twitter and Instagram accounts have been disabled.

Schulz became part of Dortmund in 2019 after he had previously played for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Herthha. The Ananor has played 12 matches with the German national, and his latest performance was on November 11th 2020 in the 1-0 victory against the Czech Republic.

Because this is a case in the early stages of the investigation and the actual and legal situation is extremely confusing to Dortmund's Borussia, we are not currently able to impose for disciplinary mass”, Dortmund announced.

However, we reserve the right to do so at any time when we learn something more and objectively”, the club explained in its press release.