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Model charged with fraud, extortion for rape claim against soccer star Neymar

The Brazilian model who accused soccer star Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel in May was indicted Tuesday with fraud, extortion and slander charges.

The charges against Najila Trindade, 26, come after a Sao Paulo judge dismissed her rape case against one of the world’s highest-paid footballers in August, citing insufficient evidence.

Instead, prosecutors said investigators found “indications of slanderous denunciation and extortion” in Trindade’s accusations.

They also charged her ex-husband, Estivens Alves, with conspiring with her to blackmail the ball player.

Trindade had accused the forward of raping her May 15 when she refused to have unprotected sex with him. She also says he hit her repeatedly.

“I said: ‘Stop it, stop it, stop it.’ He did not communicate, he just acted,” Trindade told a Brazilian TV station in June.





The Paris Saint-Germain star repeatedly denied the allegation, saying relations with Trindade were consensual and that he was being extorted.

Neymar released WhatsApp messages he claimed were from Trindade that he said proved that “nothing really happened.”

Also in June, a video emerged on social media that appeared to show Neymar and Trindade physically fighting in a hotel room.

Neymar’s father and agent, Neymar da Silva Santos, said the video was proof his son was set up.

Trindade denied that in her TV interview, saying, “I wouldn’t expose myself this way to take money from Neymar. There is no logic, there is no sense.”

Her attorney, Cosme Araújo, told the BBC that the indictment had taken him by surprise. He rejected the police’s accusation that Trindade and her ex tried to extort Neymar.

With Post wires





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