Brazilian forward Neymar Jr. denied accusations early on Sunday that he raped a woman in a Paris hotel last month.
The rape allegation, filed in Sao Paulo on Friday, was reported in Brazilian news portals such as UOL and GloboEsporte and was confirmed to Efe news by the Secretariat of Public Security of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
The incident allegedly occurred at a hotel at the French capital on May 15.
In response to it, footballer Neymar took to Instagram to share a seven-minute video wherein he denies the rape accusations against him and shares his WhatsApp chat with the accuser. In the chat, the woman can be seen sharing her intimate pictures. Neymar claimed he has been the victim of an extortion attempt by a lawyer claiming to represent the accuser.
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The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, said in the complaint that she got in touch with Neymar through social media and they began to exchange messages.
She claimed Neymar invited her to Paris and that one of his associates arranged aeroplane tickets and a place for her to stay.
She says she arrived in Paris on May 15 and stayed at the Hotel Sofitel Paris Arc Du Triomphe, where Neymar came to meet her at around 8 p.m. in an apparently intoxicated state.
“They began to talk and caress one another, however at a certain point, Neymar became aggressive and, through violence had sexual relations against the victim’s will,” read the complaint published by a media portal.
The woman said she was emotionally shaken and was fearful of making a police complaint in another country, and returned to Brazil and came forward to authorities in Sao Paulo.
The player’s father, Neymar da Silva Santos, said on Saturday on a television program on Bandeirantes Network that his son was the victim of an extortion attempt by the woman making the allegations.
He admitted Neymar Jr. had sexual relations with the woman but repeatedly claimed that they were consensual in nature.
