Breathe a sigh of relief for football star Neymar: The office of the public Prosecutor of São Paulo suggests that the rape investigation files. There is no sufficient evidence for an indictment against the Brazilians.
This case went around the world: A Brazilian woman accused football star Neymar, to have you in the middle of may at a Meeting in a Paris Hotel raped. The 27-year-old striker rejected the allegations and published private conversations and photos they had exchanged.
Now the Prosecutor’s office used to let the investigation drop. “We don’t know what happened between the four walls,” said state attorney Flávia Merlini at a press conference in São Paulo. In the case of testimony stood against testimony. At the same time, Merlini stressed that the investigations could be included at any time, should new findings.
The judge must make the final decision about setting
A setting of the procedure, it is necessary now to decide, a judge. The Brazilian police had already declared the end of July, there was not sufficient evidence for an indictment.
Neymar is one of the most famous football players in the world and is revered by many Brazilians. In 2017, he transferred for a record amount of 222 million euros from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. In the meantime, he flirts with a return to Spain.
me/haz (dpa, rtr)