Model girlfriend of ex-Man City player Jerome Boateng is found dead a week after the couple announced they had split
- Kasia Lenhardt, 25, was found dead in her Berlin apartment by police on Tuesday
- Polish-born model split from footballer boyfriend Jerome Boteng just a week ago
- Bitter break-up came amid claims of blackmail and infidelity, with Kasia branding the footballer ‘the devil’ and vowing to ‘speak up’ once she had recovered
- Kasia’s model pal announced her death on Instagram with a post which read: ‘I hope the truth comes out. I know how much you wished it would’
The model girlfriend of footballer Jerome Boateng has been found dead just a week after the pair split up.
Kasia Lenhardt, 25, was found in her Berlin apartment on Tuesday by police who say the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Kasia, who had a son from a previous relationship, had been dating 32-year-old Boateng for 15 months before the pair announced their split on February 2 amid bitter accusations of blackmail and infidelity.
At the time, Kasia had branded Boateng ‘the devil’ and vowed to ‘speak up’ and ‘fight back’ once she had recovered from the break-up.
Kasia Lenhardt, 25 (right), has been found dead in her Berlin apartment just a week after splitting up with ex-Man City footballer Jerome Boateng (left)
The death was confirmed by fellow model Sara Kulka who wrote a tribute post on Instagram, cryptically saying: ‘I hope the truth comes out now, I know how much you wished it would’
Boateng, who now plays for Bayern Munich, was the first to announce the split shortly after Kasia wrote off his Mini in a crash in Berlin – with alcohol subsequently found in her blood.
At the time, the sportsman said he was going to ‘take responsibility and act in the interests of [my] family’ while apologising ‘to everyone I’ve hurt especially with my ex-girlfriend and our children’.
He also accused Kasia of sabotaging his relationship with ex Rebecca Silvera so she could be with him, and of blackmailing him at the start of their romance.
But Kasia hit back, saying she had in fact ended the relationship because of Boateng’s ‘lies and constant infidelity’.
In a final parting shot, Kasia branded Boateng ‘the devil’ and said: ‘I will definitely speak up, but I have to collect myself. Please give me time.
‘I will fight back! Because I’ve never been so deceived, used and lied to. Give me a moment.’
Lenhardt (left and right) claimed she split up with Boateng because of his ‘lies and infidelity’ after he announced the split – saying he had to ‘act in the interest of my family’
News of Kasia’s death was confirmed by fellow model Sara Kulka, who uploaded a photo of the pair on Instagram.
Alongside it, she wrote: ‘Rest in peace. You wonderful person, I miss you and would have loved to say goodbye.
‘I hope you find your peace now and I hope the truth comes out now, I know how much you wished it would.
‘I will never forget you, I don’t know anyone who could laugh like you. I send a lot of strength to the family.’
Kasia rose to prominence on TV show Germany’s Next Top Model where she appeared in 2012, placing fourth in the competition.
She leaves behind a son, Noah, who was born to a previous partner that she split from three years ago.
A Berlin police spokesman said: ‘Yesterday at around 8.30 p.m. there was a police operation in Charlottenburg on suspicion of suicide.
‘A lifeless person was found in the home. There are no indications of third-party involvement’