Brazilian police question Neymar over rape allegations

TIL Desk Sports/ Brazilian police questioned Neymar for five hours on Thursday over allegations he raped a woman he met through social media in a Paris hotel last month — charges he has denied.

 “The truth appears sooner or later,” the world’s most expensive footballer, who walked on crutches after injuring his right ankle in a pre-Copa America friendly against Qatar last week that forced him out of South America’s showcase tournament, told.

The footballer, aged 27, arrived at the police station shortly before 4 pm local time (1900 GMT) and left at around 9 pm. Neymar’s appearance comes after Brazilian police said on Thursday that they had filed a defamation suit against his rape accuser for insinuating the force was corrupt.

Neymar, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, previously gave a statement to Rio de Janeiro police over WhatsApp messages posted on his Instagram account that featured intimate photos of the woman.

He told police that an assistant and a technician were responsible for sharing the messages and photos, TV Globo reported previously. More than 60 percent of Brazilians believe Neymar is innocent, according to a recent poll of 2,071 people last wee

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