Brescia striker Mario Balotelli filed a complaint in Italy on December 22, 2017 for attempted extortion after an accusation of sexual violence against a minor against him, Italian media reports Nice morning in its edition this Friday. The facts would have taken place in the summer of 2017 in Nice, where the striker was playing. An Italian from Vicenza (Veneto), aged between 16 and 17, would have assured the attacker that she was 18 when they met in the French city, according to Il Giornale di Vicenza.
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Mario Balotelli and the young woman would then have had sexual intercourse. A few weeks later, the complainant’s lawyer allegedly claimed 100,000 euros from the footballer under penalty of bringing proceedings for “Sexual violence”. According to Corriere del Veneto, a preliminary hearing into the investigation of attempted extortion is scheduled for March 24. The young woman, for her part, filed a complaint on January 15, 2018 for rape of a minor, according to the same daily.
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