Neymar faces criminal complaint for homophobia
A Brazilian gay rights activist has filed a criminal complaint against Neymar for homophobia, after the football superstar named his mother's boyfriend an anti-gay slur in comments leaked to the media.
The Sao Paulo prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP it had received the complaint, which it must now examine to choose whether to open a case against the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil star.
Neymar's communications team declined to touch upon the complaint.
The case was brought by activist Agripino Magalhaes, who said on Instagram he planned to press charges against Neymar and his friends for "criminal homophobia, hate speech and death threats" over comments manufactured in an exclusive conversation on a gaming site.
In the audio tracks recording, Neymar, 28, could be heard using slurs against his mother's new boyfriend, Tiago Ramos, as he and his friends discuss a supposed deal with between the couple.
Ramos, 22, and Neymar's mother, Nadine Goncalves, 52, announced found in April they were dating.
Brazil's tabloid press was soon running lurid stories about Ramos, a model who is openly bisexual.
Neymar and his friends were discussing rumors that the brand new couple had had a violent battle, after Ramos was hospitalized last Tuesday with arm wounds sustained in Goncalves's house, according to police.
Neymar said his mother had lied to her family, indicating he didn't believe her story that Ramos had tripped on the stairs and cut himself on a pane of glass.
One of is own friends can be heard saying that they should assault Ramos with a good broomstick in the anus.
Neighbors reportedly said they heard screaming from a good fight in Goncalves's house the night time Ramos was injured.
Even so, Neymar's communications team stated Ramos and Goncalves got testified before police that the incident was a "domestic accident."
