Konstantin Koltsov’s ex-wife says tennis star Aryna Sabalenka’s boyfriend was ‘most likely very drunk’ when he died

Police investigating have said it was an “apparent suicide” after they found no evidence of “foul play”.

Police in Miami-Dade confirmed on Tuesday they responded to a call at a Miami resort about reports of a man jumping off a balcony.

The department said: “At approximately 12.39am, Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the St Regis Bal Harbour Resort in reference to a male that jumped from a balcony.

“The Miami-Dade Police Department, Homicide Bureau, responded and has taken over the investigation of the apparent suicide of Mr Konstantin Koltsov. No foul play is suspected.”

But Konstantin’s ex-wife Yulia Mikhailova, has told Belarusian news outlet Zerkalo that it was an accident and she doubts he took his own life, adding, “most likely, he was very drunk”.

She said: “Empty alcohol bottles were found in the room where Konstantin stayed. There was a balcony overlooking the ocean. Probably Konstantin did not keep track of his actions.”

Ms Mikhailova accused the media of making a mistake, saying: “I think it was your colleagues who misunderstood something. Or they passed off the police’s assumption of suicide as a fact.”

She said there was nothing in her former husband’s behaviour to suggest suicidal thoughts.

After accessing his email via an old family computer, she said she had discovered he had booked different apartments in a different location, was waiting to receive things he had paid for and he had “rented a car for a long time”.

Though she admitted that “right now it is impossible to say for sure whether it was suicide or an accident”, she was adamant that “he did not intend to die. Anything, of course, can go to your head, but there was no sign of tragedy”.

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/konstantin-koltsovs-ex-wife-says-tennis-star-aryna-sabalenkas-boyfriend-was-most-likely-very-drunk-when-he-died-13098769