Neither of them wished to make any comment on the verdict. Bretherton is represented by Sarah Forshaw KC, who told the court that his wife, who competed in four separate Wimbledon Championships and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, would be a character witness for him. The alleged victim claims company lawyer Andrew Bretherton pinned her face down on his bed and smothered her until she feared she would die during a horrific sexual assault after a date in May 2008. Andrew became an advocate for people with ME when he himself was diagnosed in 2015. Her world ranking at the end of 2001 was No. Jurors took less than an hour to unanimously acquit Andrew Bretherton, 49, of two counts of rape alleged to have taken place more than 14 years ago in May 2008. Keothavong then headed to the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time in her career where she came up against Anna Chakvetadze, who was the 17th seed. Boreas Super Moderator. According to our records, she has no children. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Stephanie Gehrlein. Highest singles ranking was 48 on 23rd February 2009. As of 2023, Anne Keothavong is possibly single. Recent photographs of the flat showed there is currently no lock on the bathroom door, the jury was told. Like many celebrities and famous people, Anne keeps her personal and love life private. Anne Keothavong has not been previously engaged. The court heard the woman only became interested in taking the case further after reading about a civil suit Harvey Weinstein was facing in Britain. . 146.4K posts. The whole thing is ridiculous, he would never do that [rape], he has never been remotely aggressive. Anne Keothavong has not been previously engaged. It was there that the woman claimed she was raped both anally and vaginally leaving her with injuries after she was pinned face down on the bed and nearly suffocated. During her career she won a total of 20 International Tennis Federation singles titles, 8 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 seed Marina Erakovic on the way to being demolished by top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals. In 2018, she made enquiries about the possibility of bringing civil proceedings against Bretherton and eventually gave a recorded interview to police on October 2. She reached the quarterfinals after beating two Asian players, Yurika Sema in straight sets and Tamarine Tanasugarn in three after losing a tight first set. The alleged rape victim waited for 10-and-a-half years before naming Mr Bretherton to police.