{"id":291843,"date":"2023-09-08T23:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291843"},"modified":"2023-09-08T23:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:33:55","slug":"man-utd-winger-antony-responds-to-domestic-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/man-utd-winger-antony-responds-to-domestic-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd winger Antony responds to domestic abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manchester United winger Antony has responded to allegations he domestically abused multiple women.<\/p>\n
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The 23-year-old\u2019s former girlfriend, Gabriela Cavallin,\u00a0has alleged that she was physically attacked by Antony on multiple occasions during their time together in Manchester and in their native Brazil.<\/p>\n
Two more women, Rayssa de Freitas and Ingrid Lana, have made accusations of abuse against the Brazil international.<\/p>\n
United insist they are taking the Antony abuse allegations \u2018seriously\u2019 after Greater Manchester Police confirmed that enquires are ongoing.<\/p>\n
Antony has now spoken openly about the allegations after he was interviewed on Brazilian TV on Friday night and insists he is not worried about his United future.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s something that doesn\u2019t cross my mind,\u2019 he said. \u2018I know the truth and it will show up. I know there are a lot of people butchering me, but the truth comes out.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t support [violence against women] ever. It\u2019s totally wrong, 100 per cent wrong. I have a mother, a sister, and I would never want this to happen to them.\u2019<\/p>\n
Responding directly to his former girlfriend Cavallin\u2019s claims, Antony added: \u2018I wanted to go and told her that I had obligations and had to go, so she took plates and cups and threw them on the ground and I grabbed her in order to calm her down. I didn\u2019t hurt her.\u2019<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, United have described suggestions that they attempted to cover up Antony\u2019s abuse allegations as \u2018categorically false\u2019.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday,\u00a0Brazil\u2019s national side announced that Antony has been dropped from their squad\u00a0in response to the allegations ahead of their upcoming fixtures against Bolivia and Peru.<\/p>\n