Romania Federation Cup captain Ilie Nastase has been handed a three-year ban from the competition.
Nastase's penalty follows his behaviour during a Federation Cup match against Great Britain in Constanta in February.
Nastase will be barred from acting in an official capacity at any International Tennis Federation event until December 2020 after a series of misdemeanours including making threatening comments to a Press Association journalist.
In addition, Nastase will be denied accreditation to all ITF events until 2018.
The sanction does not include grand slam tournaments nor the respective ATP or WTA Tours, over which the ITF does not have direct jurisdiction.
The ITF, which also fined him $10,000 (A$12,600), announced that Nastase and the Romanian Tennis Federation each have 21 days to appeal the verdict.
Nastase had denied breaching a series of Articles of the ITF's Fed Cup Welfare policy, and said his comments about Serena Williams had been "intended as a joke" and were "misinterpreted".
He denied sexual harassment in the case of the comments he directed towards Anne Keothavong and said his unauthorised entry into the GB Lounge during the event was due to confusion.
He accepted his comments towards a member of the accredited media were "inappropriate", but had been made "in frustration and at a time of vulnerability" due to "biased and exaggerated media coverage".
Furthermore, Nastase admitted losing his temper during the match but claimed he was reacting to the unequal treatment of the two teams by the chair umpire.
Officials at the Romanian Tennis Federation were not immediately available for comment.
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