The Salzburg public prosecutor is investigating Hertha goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck for serious bodily harm.
The police sent their report to the public prosecutor’s office, as a spokeswoman for the “German Press Agency” confirmed. The “Tagesspiegel” had previously reported. Now the investigating authority must check whether to bring charges against the 28-year-old. The spokeswoman did not give any further details with reference to Austrian law.
Gersbeck is said to have injured another man in a physical altercation on the sidelines of the second division soccer team’s training camp in July in Zell am See. Hertha suspended the goalkeeper after the incident. Most recently, the club said that they were waiting for legal developments before deciding how to proceed. The goalkeeper only returned to Berlin in the summer as a beacon of hope, so far he has not publicly commented on the allegations.
Sports director Benjamin Weber did not comment explicitly on media reports that Gersbeck was said to have reached an out-of-court agreement with the alleged victim and that the case would thus be clarified under civil law.