The former footballer says it has decided to make this story public to help other children who could be in a similar situation.
Le Monde with AFP.
Patrice Evra, former player of the France and Manchester United team, said Friday, October 22 that he was a victim of sexual abuse when he was a teenager.
In An interview given to the Times on the occasion of the publication From his autobiography, Patrice Evra, now 40 years old, said he was the victim of this abuse while he was 13 years old. He added that he had been much more difficult to reveal the facts to his mother than to talk about it in his autobiography.
“Of course, she was very shocked,” he said on the British daily. “It was a hard time for me and I still did not tell some of my brothers and sisters as well as close friends,” added the former blues.
The old back, born in Dakar, said he had decided to make this business public to help other children who could be in a similar situation.
not complaint filed
“I’m not looking for people to feel pity, it’s a difficult situation,” he said. “A mother does not expect to hear such things from her own child.” “I did not tell him now, while I’m 40 years old. It was a big shock for her with a lot of anger.” He continues: “” You must not put it in your book, it’s private , Patrice, “she told me. But I told him that it was not about me, but other children, and she told me that it was ok, that she understood . “
The former footballer also stated that he had not filed a complaint against his abuser who, he said, was one of his teachers. “The first thing my mother told me is:” If you do not do it, I’ll do it. If he is still alive, I will kill him. “But I buried it so deep in me that I did not think to file a complaint.”
Patrice Evra added that when he was 24 years old and then played for Monaco, he had received a call from the police concerning his alleged abuser but that he had been unable to say what had happened to him younger. “Living with it’s one of my biggest regrets because I could have helped a lot of people,” he lamented.
