Soccer Star Neymar Jr. testifies in rape allegation case

TIL Desk Sports/ Soccer star Neymar Jr. has testified in an investigation before the Brazilian police into an alleged cybercrime after he shared on social media a conversation and intimate photos of a woman who accused him of rape.

On Thursday, the Paris Saint Germain forward arrived at a police station here in a wheelchair after suffering an ankle ligament injury in a friendly between Brazil and Qatar ahead of the next week Copa America, which he will now miss.

Neymar, 27, was greeted by dozens of children at the gates of the police station, while inside he was approached by a throng of journalists who crowded around him.

The striker was called to testify before the Unit for the Suppression of Computer Crimes after posting a video on social media on Saturday in which he showed a conversation with a woman who has accused him of rape and assault, as well as intimate photos of her, although they were partially blurred.

The incident allegedly took place at a Paris hotel on May 15. Neymar said he shared details of the conversation because he wanted to prove that he was victim of extortion by the Brazilian model.