NEYMAR Jr ALLEGEDLY ACCUSED OF RAPE

THE NEYMAR RAPE CASE

 Mother of the Brazilian football super star Neymar Jr  has urged her Brazilian football icon and  son to “forgive” the woman who accused him of rape and “turn towards the Messiah JESUS CHRIST,” in a message published Tuesday 04-06-19 on Instagram.

Nadine Goncalves’ plea, which featured a photo of the footballer herseld and his sister Rafaela, comes after lawyers for the accuser reportedly stopped representing her because of contradictions in her story.

Neymar has initially denied the allegations and his father has claimed the Paris Saint-Germain player was the victim of a blackmail attempt.

Police in Rio said on Sunday that  they had commenced on  an investigation into the publication of intimate information on social media concerning the woman.

In the latest twist of  the high-profile case, the Sao Paulo-based firm representing the woman said they had dropped their client after she couldn't hold on to the initial story told, Globo TV reported on Monday.

The lawyers said the woman initially told them she had had consensual sex with Neymar Jr and that he then became violent and assaulted her.

But the firm, Fernandes e Abreu, said that in the official complaint the woman gave to the Brazilian police, she “described what had happened as ‘rape’, which is a completely different allegation.”

The scandal caps a troubled season for Neymar, on and off the field. It has been marred by a recurring injury, two separate suspensions for raining insults on a  referee and hitting a fan, and the loss of Brazil’s captaincy in the Copa America yet to commence in a few days 

(AFP)