Superstar Neymar (29) is said to have molested an employee of his sponsor Nike. Sex allegations have also boiled up against other soccer superstars.
► Cristiano Ronaldo (36) was sued by the American Kathryn Mayorga in 2018 on charges of attempted rape. In 2019, the Nevada prosecutor dismissed the lawsuit. The alleged act should have already taken place in 2009 in a hotel in Las Vegas. In 2010, Ronaldo and Mayorga agreed out of court to pay $ 375,000.
► Karim Benzema (33) is threatened with trial in October for “aiding and abetting an extortion attempt”. The focus is on a sex video with which Benzema’s national team colleague Mathieu Valbuena (36) is said to have been blackmailed. In 2015, real star Benzema was arrested for allegedly establishing contact with Valbuena for the blackmailer.
► In 2009, a preliminary investigation was initiated against Franck Ribéry (38) and Karim Benzema for “establishing contact with an underage prostitute”. In 2014 both were acquitted in a Paris court. In the same trial, five defendants were found guilty of pimping.
► Robin van Persie (37) was in custody in 2005. Allegation: sexual abuse of a woman after going to a nightclub in Rotterdam. The then Arsenal striker was acquitted.
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