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 a Berlin apartment belonging to the footballer 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.
Boateng, meanwhile, had accused Kasia of sabotaging his relationship with the mother of his children before they started dating.
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)
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’
Police said they were called to an apartment block in Berlin at 8.30pm on Tuesday to reports of a suicide, and found a dead body (pictured, the apartment)
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 on January 5 – 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’.
In an interview with German newspaper Bild, he added: ‘Kasia became my girlfriend by breaking the relationship with my ex-girlfriend Rebecca and my family and blackmailing me.
‘So I decided to stick with Kasia and try to make it work. Even making the relationship with her public was due to pressure from Kasia to do so. It wasn’t mine.
‘During our relationship, Kasia often threatened to destroy me. She threatened to ruin my career and even try to make me lose my children.
‘Kasia said she would do so by accusing me of beating her. She knew that my children’s mother accused me of the same thing and that we have a lawsuit over it.
‘Kasia contacted my children’s mother and said she would help her in court. Everything just to destroy me.’
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.’
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’
This is the Berlin apartment block where Kasia’s body was found, which had Boateng’s initials on the front doorbell
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’