Anne Keothavong’s husband is CLEARED of rape after tennis star broke down in court

Anne Keothavong’s husband has been cleared of rape after the tennis star broke down in court and branded a US woman’s sex attack claims ‘a sick joke’.

Andrew Bretherton, 49, was accused of raping the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at his flat in Kensington, south west London, in May 2008.

The woman told police she thought she would die during the alleged attack.

Bretherton, who married the former British No 1 tennis star in 2015, denied two counts of rape. 

Andrew Bretherton, 49,pictured outside Inner London Crown Court, was accused of raping the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at his flat in Kensington, south west London, in May 2008

Bretherton, pictured with his wife former British tennis number one Anne Keothavong, right, denied the allegation