‘I am a rape victim’ – Neymar accuser in TV interview
By AFP
06 June 2019 |
2:34 pm
Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, the woman who accuses Neymar of rape, comes forward in a television interview, reaffirming he forced her to have intercourse against her will despite the footballer claiming it was consensual.
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