Sao Paulo: Prosecutors in Brazil said Thursday that they agree with a police finding that there is not enough evidence to prove rape allegations against Neymar and have asked a judge to close the case.
“What happened between four walls is impossible to know, we have her word against his,” prosecutor Flavia Merlini told reporters. “We have decided to ask for the closure of the case.”
Neymar has denied the allegations he raped a Brazilian woman in a Paris hotel in May. The ugly affair dominated headlines and conversations in the soccer-mad country for weeks.
The scandal blew up June 2 when Neymar published a seven-minute video on Instagram, where he had first been in contact with Najila Trindade, revealing that he had been accused of rape.
In an attempt to defend himself against the allegations, Neymar’s video was accompanied by WhatsApp messages and images of his encounter with Trindade.
In her complaint earlier, the 26-year-old model stated that she went to Paris to have sex with the striker, but said she changed her mind at the last minute because Neymar didn’t have a condom, and that she was then raped by the PSG player.
The complainant gave the police a one-minute video of herself beating Neymar while accusing him of assaulting her and leaving her alone at the hotel the night before.
The model said that another six minutes of the same video would contain elements that would prove that the Brazilian star sexually assaulted her, but later claimed that her mobile phone was stolen.
Agencies