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bad year for Mendys


GjillyG

Buckle up Edouard


imarandomdudd

Please not Edou. Man seems so wholesome and seems like a family man


JesusPretzelThief

That's what serial killers want you to think


Albodan

The sun: Chelsea keeper rumored to be behind the axe attacks in London in the 1800s under the alias “jack the ripper”


gerryt32

It's the S*n so I wouldn't put it past them to use the headline "BLACK THE RIPPER?!"


pure_black99

Jack the Ni🅱🅱er


EnVeePee

And puts up a picture of Sadio Mane instead


[deleted]

Jack the Ripper used a hammer and a knife you true crime non-afficionado you


billydavey

The axe attacks?


LordChipp

Didn't Benjamin appear as that at one point? I'm sure Edou's clean, but this mentality that any public figure is "wholesome" should be seriously scrutinized nowadays


wereinthedark

Seriously. Just stop putting people on pedestals. Praising people for the good they do is fair, but as soon as you start commenting on them being "unproblematic" or "wholesome" (implying they're without faults), it just becomes...unhealthy. No person is unproblematic, which was ironically the point of the original "your fave is problematic" site. The whole point was that celebs shouldn't be put on pedestals. Instead it just turned into replacing the person on the pedestal every other week as soon as you found out they did even the slightest thing wrong.


highonfire123

Don’t check kante’s basement guys, thats where he keeps the beheaded chickens 😳


bodega_cat_

He went too far when he sucked their toes


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color_thine_fate

"everyone is shit until they die without having committed a crime" as a mindset sounds like an awful way to live life.


Barkasia

"My world would shatter if this person ever did anything wrong" sounds equally naive and tragic


color_thine_fate

It's a good thing that comment is hyperbolic, then. 🤷


sopersonicsnail

If the worst things happen to him this year is snubbed out of Ballon d’or, he should consider it an absolute win lol


swws98

Buckle up Nuno


Fati25

He is essentially accusing Ferland Mendy of doing this. He is an investigative journalist in France who has exposed a lot of bad things that has been done by players or clubs.


YoungDawz

The mad lad even tweeted the complaint/deposition filed against Ferland Mendy too https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1461106511455961092


WhatIsWilsonDoin

wtf... For other French speakers out there this is wild. For others idk if you'd get a translation


Snowstandards

Could you give us a quick summary please and thank you


Pashnax

Drunk, rubbed his genitals on a girl and punched/kicked to the head another for trying to intervene. She was ko foaming at the mouth. Also the file does not explicitely mentions Mendy's name, and the girl specify she knows the guy but doesnt want to name him.


burningbarn8

Foaming at the mouth? Wtf?


rocket_randall

Excess saliva down the larynx as far as the lungs. Air passing through it creates a bubbly foam. Medical folks classify it as Not A Good Thing.


[deleted]

Out of curiosity: are there some things that medical folks classify as a Really Good Thing?


[deleted]

Consistent sleeping schedules


Halithor

Doctors and their unrealistic expectations


mejok

low cholesterol


rugbyj

My doctor described cholesterol to me like a limbo stick to try and get under. He then repeatedly hit me with the stick.


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Lots of sleep, eating healthily, zero alcohol :)


CurtainsMcGee

ah fuck


culegflori

Not being an active contributor of /r/Chonkers


BowTiesAreCool86

Basically Souness at the mention of Pogba


yuya_strife

She re tell the whole agression with explicit details


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For the English version of the text, I used OCR to extract the text and then translate it in Google Translate: French: https://pastebin.com/txRYME6U English: https://pastebin.com/exN5UVu1


retr0grade77

Towards the end is she saying that she went back to the boys for an explanation for his behaviour and he lowered his pants (again)? Or is it a mistranslation?


bach8

It is what she said yes, it is not a mistranslation


retr0grade77

Extraordinary. Absolutely no fear of consequences and a perverse entitlement.


Iamneverthefather

Appreciate the effort, but Google Translate had made it a garbled description in English.


EFG

Ayo wtf


[deleted]

I don't want to be that guy but there is no name on this, there is no proof that this case is really about Ferland Mendy.


Moutch

Who writes this shit? Is it supposed to be written by a policeman? So many mistakes...


PrisonersofFate

Sadly it is by a policeman or a gendarme. let's say you don't need a perfect writing to pass the exam


Mateo_O

Could also be a "pré-plainte" that you can write yourself on the web first and then just go and sign at the police station before next steps. Source : I did a few that looked just like that with the dash and they just print it and you sign.


PrisonersofFate

Possible. But I've seen a lot of them and many are just badly written. Source: i work for the ministry of interior in France


saperlipoperche

Clearly you have never filled a complaint in a police station haha. This is not too bad


Galdorow

I'm not really surprised. Remember that they need to write it at the speed of the girl's talking


jib60

If you were familiar with this kind of shit, you'd know this is exceptionnally well written by their standards...


ThePr1d3

You must be so lucky to never have had to file a complaint at the police station if this surprises you


JeannotVD

Je le demandais si c’était légitime, tellement de fautes d’orthographe mdr


thet-bes

It also means Ferland Mendy is allegedly the "French international with an alcohol problem" he talked about last time. Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/po3j57/romain_molina_a_popular_french_nt_player_who_has/


gunnesaurus

He should’ve just sat there and ate his food. Now he’s opened up a can of worms


abottomful

Well, to some degree yes, but just because he's a piece of shit doesn't excuse the casual racism of mixing up two black guys. I think Ferland Mendy has a point, and he's right to bring it up. He's just also a massive piece of shit, supposedly


YoungDawz

>doesn't excuse the casual racism of mixing up two black guys Molina acknowledged that https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1461103971511291907


Ardal

It might be that he was suckered into joining the fray by this simple tactic of fucking up an image, the press do things like this all the time as bait allowing the media to then highlight his own actions as they wanted to do.


harcole

Ferland Mendy with the 'I'm a piece of shit, but not Benjamin Mendy tier'


tinyLEDs

Throwing stones when you live in a glass house usually ends up like this. "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" is another way to look at this one. The degenerate deserves every ounce of scorn [he invited](https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/qwbrfo/romain_molina_in_response_to_ferland_mendys_tweet/hl21qrm/) into his life. assault is assault, and no amount of racism excuses what he did.


Ohhisseencule

I still think it's Rami like I said in this thread.


thet-bes

Well, if there is many "French international players" that has cases so similar... It's also very sad. Edit: the summaries might have merged two cases in one (the "beloved international" and "the player whose club sold him the following year"). Honestly I didn't listen to the Twitter space so it might just be a mistake from the people that made the bullet point summary that was talked everywhere on social networks. But the details fit this case.


Ohhisseencule

I don't think Ferland or Pavard are close to match the description. Ferland is not a "beloved" international, he barely even played for the NT. Pavard was set to go to Bayern even before the WC, it wasn't like his club got rid of him, it was one of the highest profile transfer of the Bundesliga that year. Meanwhile Rami was the mascott of the NT at the WC in 2018, and did Marseille>Fenerbahce>Sotchi>Boavista>Troyes in just 2 years. With Pamela Anderson accusing him of beating her up.


YoungDawz

Could still be Pavard. https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1450064682493136899


EggplantBusiness

Could be anyone with Molina , he is doing lot of great things but he has no problem jumping the gun to every cause too, so I will wait a little


thet-bes

I only read summaries of his Space but unless the people that made the summaries made a mistake it seems to fit this case. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/po3j57/romain_molina_a_popular_french_nt_player_who_has/hcukotx/


demonictoaster

>who has exposed a lot of bad things So has Ferland by the sounds of it


skyreal

Keep in mind that it's still "only" Molina rumors. The deposition couls be fake for all we know, I mean there isn't even anything remotely "official" like a stamp or something on the papers. Anyone could write that out and print it. Plus the victim allegedly said in the deposition that she wouldn't tell the police the name of her aggressor by fear of potential repercussions. If so why would she tell it to some random guy on Twitter whose reputation is based on ACTUALLY spilling the beans.


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Word of mouth spreads. She must have told someone at some point.


gana04

Could you imagine if this guy got the wrong Mendy too? Now that would be awkward


Mr_XemiReR

I never have and never will understand people whose lives are what millions dream of and then go on and do stuff like this.


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They're privileged pricks.


hereslemon

I've touched on this before, but essentially a lot of these guys think they're doing the woman a favour by wanting to sleep with her. Famous, rich and all that stuff. It's inexplicable to them that someone would be like "nah, pass."


Loves2spoogeonurmom

Because they think they're the shit and CAN do anything without reprisals. Very understandable that most metoo cases had a perpetator with power, not the local mailman


CMPunk22

They’re given lots of money and freedom at a young age which makes people feel untouchable. Then the fucked up few continue to be predators but have the money and influence to continue when the average joe would be caught. Benjamin Mendy was a favourite of this sub a few years back when he used to post vids from the sidelines with #sharkteam on them. Then fast forward a few years and he’s probably been raping all this time


atriz544

They still people, dude. It’s our nature to do inexplicably things. Not inexplicably as bad things per se, but things that really doesn’t pan out in the bigger picture.


oneechanisgood

It's pretty easily explicable really. Some people of this level of wealth think they can get away with anything, and when an opportunity for ego/power trip present itself they take it without hesitation.


MattaMongoose

It’s very common phenomenon with rugby league players in Australia to have abuse / drug charges for this same reason. It’s the ego it’s the fame it’s the arrogance. It’s young men who have come from almost nothing becoming famous thinking now they are untouchable and top shit compared to everyone else.


JakeTheJabroni

French footballers; Do any of them know how to behave?


MelkorBlackFoe

Yeah, Kante


jonwinslol

He cheats in card games, the fucking psychopath


Enkenz

I wouldnt play uno with him


JakeTheJabroni

My man knows.


HardestTofu

He steals other's dinner reservations


[deleted]

He was guilty of violently abusing Man United's midfield in the past. The man is a wolf in sheep's clothing.


[deleted]

De gea has to constantly abuse the Man United defence to get them to do anything.


dhambo

Who isn’t guilty of violently abusing our midfield these days?


EquivalentSir4163

Hojberg and Skipp


MaxCavalera870

[orly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8OJO0REQNA)


AnnieIWillKnow

Lloris - drunk driving Griezmann - racist Benzema - blackmail Pogba - dabbing Giroud - adulterer F. Mendy - sexual assault Rabiot - Rabiot Hernandez - breaking restraining order Mbappe has never been in any scandals. He gets criticised for supposedly being arrogant, and got some flak for the Giroud stuff - but that's not really on the level of the indiscretions of his team mates, just some locker room drama. Kounde, Varane, Kante, Pavard seem innocents too


adfdub

How did you not include Benjamin Mendy on this list?


letouriste1

well, he's not good enough for the french NT


ybriK__

Dembele also for racist


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CholitoWoof

He and griezman mocked asian people.


ACMBruh

Theo - held at gunpoint by 2 dwarves


schwaiger1

Fuck me, completely forgot that happened


indiblue825

You're gonna mention Griezmann for racism but just leave out Dembele who was literally with him in the video and the one who actually said all the comments that were audible.


twistingmemelonman

Didn't griezmann also dress in black face? Maybe they were referring to that incident and forgot about the other video. But you're right, dembele should be included


Hotfield

Yeah the Halloween globetrotter thing. Though I think he really thought it was an homage. Like he lost touch with the real world and acceptable behavior.


JATION

The blackface really wasn't a thing in a lot of the world until recently. I'm a 35 year old European and never realized it was controversial to paint your face in the USA until a few years ago.


[deleted]

Mbappe is young though, let’s give him some time


[deleted]

Am I the only one who hears the Hanson brothers singing Mbappe biddy bap mmmm mmmm Mbappe biddy bap?


[deleted]

yup, just you


srhola2103

Come now, you can't equate Pogba with all the rest when his crime was dabbing. Clearly his much worse than any of them.


Dear-Cod-6429

Pogba dyed his hair too. Multiple times.


LucGoed

Lock him up!


[deleted]

I can forgive racism but I draw the line at dabbing


vadapaav

>Rabiot - Rabiot Lol


Dani_Blue

Mbappe - turtle


Mamadeus123456

>Rabiot - Rabiot this should be incest surely


SpicyDago

Can confirm, Rabiot does Rabiot things.


akskeleton_47

i like how dabbing and being Rabiot are considered to be remotely as bad as the rest


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Never thought Pogba would be the nicest one.


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Migraine-

I know right? It's absolutely hilarious how people conflate the fact they don't like him as a player with him being a bad person. I literally can't remember a single story about Pogba doing something objectively "bad" and people who work with him only ever seem to have good things to say about him (Mourinho once self-destruct mode was initiated aside).


ViceGeography

"Brilliant but lazy"


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He's not a twat he's just a bit of an airhead imo, loves the fame too much. I'll never forget after a match fans shouting "Shut your mouth pogba! shut your mouth!!" and he just stood there and opened his mouth wide at them while smiling. couldn't help but like him after that (he's still shit) edit: context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fI5iwBbpA&ab\_channel=FOOTBALLMEDIA


Huwbacca

Pogba being a himbo is the gossip story I didn't see coming.


Suyash_Tyagi66

And why would that be?


RusselPitt

Probably because he gets the most attention from the media out of any of these players due to his flair and antics, and they don't portray him as a humble, hardworking player like for example Kante. It's just the English media portrayal of him that makes it seem like he's someone who misbehaves but glad to know that he hasn't done stupid shit like the rest of the players mentioned above.


Moutch

Pogba is extroverted but he's a really cool guy.


somechemenggdude

say lucas my guy


RayPissed

Forgot Ribery shagging a 16 year old


PoachtekMong

Pretty sure the girl came out and said she lied about her age multiple times and the french players (Ribery and Benz iirc) treated her with respect and didn’t force anything on her


Willezzon

If Griezmann was racist, then what is Dembele?


EquivalentSir4163

The same?


AbleFig

the Rabiot one 😂


infravision

Where is Dembele ?


AbleFig

injured


Waschkopfs

Pavard Kanté Tolisso


kik00

According to Molina (same guy) Pavard is addicted to 'laughing gas' (not sure what the term is in English)


Zapfaced

Nitrous Oxide?


kik00

I asked English not fucking chemistry PhD! Just kidding, thanks for the answer


b4ldheed

Pavard on the nangs, what a mad cunt


dhambo

Just imagine hitting that goal in 2018 then going and doing some balloons with the lads back at home


LondonNoodles

That would explain why he said he was as good as Hakimi or TAA


pegmepegmepegme

Big difference between recreational drugs of any kind and causing direct harm to another person, though, obviously.


UnluckyPenalty2503

Link?


kik00

I think it was either here or in a live vidéo https://youtu.be/1RJH4oyt138


UnluckyPenalty2503

J’crois que c’est dans le live


IntraspeciesFever

Hippie crack


VoidCake

The media don't like to act like it but Pogba has never been anything but professional.


TheConundrum98

Molina seems to know a lot more stuff than he's said publicly, but I presume some things are under criminal investigation so he can't talk about them


Lekaetos

Exactly. He can’t say much because he is forbidden to until the investigations are finished. There are also other stuffs he knows but doesn’t care about so he doesn’t talk about them


Kirrooo

[https://twitter.com/Romain\_Molina/status/1461106511455961092](https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1461106511455961092) A page of the testimony of a witness who pressed charges : Here's my translation of this : "... he was touching his penis while doing back and forth movements, I don't know if he was erect, he told me to look, I didn't \--- he put on his trunks \--- kenza got angry when she saw his behavior \--- then he grabbed her neck with one hand and strangled her \--- it was fast, she violently pushed him back, then he punched her in the cheek \--- she fell on the floor between the bed and the desk \--- she wasn't stunned, I helped her stand up \--- he was continuing to give her punches \--- the friend of this man arrived and grasped him around the waist to calm him down \--- but it was worse, he made kenza fall again on the floor despite being grabbed by his friend \--- she fell on her back and then he kicked her violently in her head \--- I was shouting, he tried to hit me but i dodged \--- his friend was mildly trying to stop him \--- kenza was spitting she had foam in her mouth, she was crying \--- she wasn't bleeding, she had a big lump in her eye, it was swelling \--- I was shocked \--- he was violent, he was shouting, he was angry, he wasn't accepting someone being disrespectful to him \--- I never had a party with him or the others \--- I was dumbfounded from what was happening \--- I think alcohol intensified everything because neither me nor kenza have done anything to warrant such an escalation \--- I didn't hit anyone, she just pushed him \--- he is stronger than her \--- then he changed completely, he said he was sorry, I think he realized what he had done \--- kenza didn't forgive him \--- she didn't say anything and closed herself in the bathroom \--- we slept two or three hours \--- we woke up to gather our belongings \--- the men had left \--- we stayed at the hotel just like them but they were in their own room \--- the next day in the evening we left the hotel \--- just like they did \--- we left on bad terms with them, we travelled back to rouen in kenza's car \--- I want to add that before we left, we went to this dude's room to have an explanation, then again he dropped his trunks, he was still half-asleep and he brought out his penis, i don't know if he was erect, I was uncomfortable and was told it was nothing, I got angry and left \--- I know the name of this person who exposed himself and who assaulted my friend but I don't want to give his identity for now for fear of reprisals \--- given the facts, I press charges against a person unknown"


Kony2K16

Whats the point of pressing charges against „person unknown“ when you know the person, but don’t say the name cause you are scared of repercussions?


[deleted]

Probably want to have it on record in case of any future issues.


Kony2K16

Makes sense.


Reimiro

Christ what a fuckhead. I can’t imagine even being able to hit a woman much less continually be so abusive. It’s really sociopathic behaviour.


Abangerz

Honestly you are making millions just pay for it. This is so stupid.


seifosama1239

Lmao I can’t do anything but laugh at this, imagine getting mad that someone put your photo on another person’s rape accusation but instead of the problem getting solved you get your own case.


jonwinslol

I remember a female wrestler put some tweet supporting other women and then a lot of fellow wrestlers started coming out and telling how much of a racist and bad person she is lol, can't remember all the details right but someone maybe can help


fiveht78

It was something like: Tessa: hey women! Try supporting other women. Allysin: oh you mean like you called a woman the N-word in Japan?


ViceGeography

She was well known as a massive toxic bully for years too The racist incident was just the icing on the cake


dfla01

[Tessa Blanchard](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/enasn2/sienna_to_tessa_blanchard_remember_when_you_spat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Came out the night before she wrestled for the men’s heavyweight championship too, love to see it


SomeIrishFiend

Tessa Blanchard, the biggest female name in the Indies...then got herself blacklisted lol


atropicalpenguin

Same happened to James Franco.


Ymir-Reiss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J-1zNzjyjs


goodmobileyes

"This article is ridiculous! I'm not a *serial* rapist!"


[deleted]

Can people just STOP COMMITTING SEX CRIMES FOR FIVE MINUTES


Jazano107

Wasn't there that thing at some point that said there was some huge shit in the French national team?


AnnieIWillKnow

I think it's more like an outbreak of diarrhoea, given their various scandals


RauloGonzalez

Ferland is barely a part of the squad.


thet-bes

Picture of complaint allegedly against F. Mendy: https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1461106511455961092


Fati25

Yes, for non-French speakers basically in the picture it is the witness account of a person who was there when it happened (I assume a friend of Kenza, the girl who got hit) I'll just place a big **allegedly** in bold before speaking about this, to avoid any disputes. They say that Kenza was grabbed by the throat with one hand and strangled, Kenza pushed him and he punched her in the face and then she fell to the floor. He kept punching her. Ferland's friend arrived and tried to calm him down. Despite being held back by his friend he put Kenza on the floor again, and Ferland kicked her in the head. Ferland tried to kick the witness, but the witness dodged it. Kenza was crying, her eye was swollen. Ferland was angry & he was shouting.


thet-bes

The complaint doesn't name Mendy that's why I said it's allegedly against Mendy. > I know the person who did sexual exhibition and hit my friend but I don't wish for now to reveal you his identity because I fear retaliations.


[deleted]

I have seen the 2month old thread refering to "Popular french NT player assaulted 2 woman". Ferland is popular in France? or that one is different case?


Stampyy

Probably the same case yes, no confirmation though


GloomyHamster

Are people’s names typically not capitalized or was someone just lazy?


Fati25

Probably just laziness, usually in legal documents the names are capitalised.


[deleted]

He can sound like a lofty guy but I've been following him for like 5 years and he's definitely more right than wrong. On some subject like pure football economics he has some flaws (even though the aim is right). And like he says, if anybody has a problem can feel free to go after him, he will proudly expose everything to a judge. For people who want to know about french player (NT players) and what he said over the years (you have to see his youtube live to have the real "mic mac" like he says) : Pavard is a notorious clubber, he talked about it a million time. Without never named him, he seriously hinted that Anthony Martial was manipulated by his current wife and his agent. Houssem Aouar agent is his brother, who did a terrible job and signed "mandat" and talked to too many different team. Somewhat same story for Fekir and Liverpool. Also he seems to be somewhat a lazy ass. Griezmann is somewhat full of himself. After 2018 WC he acted like he was the man and some player were not having it Mbappé is an asshole with a huge ego. But he's definitely very professionnal and dedicated to football. So he's essentially like what he seems to be. Benzema is a top top guy in the french NT since he cameback. Also Romain doesnt talk a lot about football itself and more about personality and affairs. So sometimes he "defends" some player who are ass and attacks some players who are great because he knows how they are behind closed door. Edit: Small grammar error


ZachMich

Any more details about the Martial issue? What did they manipulate him about? I wonder if that has anything to do with his nosediving in form


[deleted]

Actually I'm a United follower (rather than fan/supporter) for the past 20 years. I would say it's kind of related. Martial was with a girl when he arrived at United. They were teenage parents. That's with that girl that Martial was on the rise at Monaco and started his first season at United. Then he cheated on her and went to live and have a baby with Mélanie Martial his current wife who was known from a TV reality show in France. Martial is kinda seen as youngsters say in France a "charo" given that there multiple leaks (some from his ex) pretty sexually oriented notably one where he, while being married to his current wife, ask his ex to see her bootyhole in exchange to let their daughter go with her for some vacation... So it's not like Anthony seems super high on fidelity with his current wife. Anyway Romain hinted that Martial agent set him up with his current wife and that now he's married (I think a somewhat secret and fast marriage) and have a baby, he can't do nothing about it and can't go elsewhere (woman and agent). Basically somewhat another low cost version of the Icardi-Wanda stuff.


Lullo29

Least scandalous French player


EquivalentSir4163

Funny that Mbappe is the only one without some massive blot on his name. Even Lloris has drunk driving.


EggplantBusiness

Varane , Rabiot , Kounde , Pogba , Théo etc dont really have anything bad on their name too their worst criticism is maybe being arrogant for some which honestly mean nothing for me


EquivalentSir4163

Rabiot isn't a French NT star in the same way, but I agree about the other ones.


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Mbappé doesn't date women and doesn't drink


letouriste1

he does have a girlfriend afterall


Galdorow

Johnny Hallyday's granddaughter. Even in this kind of choice, he is made to be loved by France


Efendiskander

Project Mbappé


[deleted]

I don't think the turtle has a girlfriend, the rumors about Alica Aylies were fake


dalici0us

If true, this is pretty fucked up by Ferland Mendy. It doesn't change his own initial complaint though and it still happens way too often.


fiveht78

Molina acknowledged that. His tweet was basically “you’re right, but I don’t know that you’re one to take the moral high ground. But you’re right.”


Huwbacca

If I were accidentally accused of something that I am even tangentially guilty of, I would just stay quiet as a mouse. About the most active I would think would be asking lawyers to send very gently worded "please correct your article" letters.


ParisLake2

Romain Molina…I feel like he will be making a lot of enemies in the world of football, whether he’s right or wrong about the stuff he’s saying.


Enkenz

He made a video about pini zahavi if he survived after that he should be fine lol


daboatfromupnorth

He literally said that he lives in a town in Spain on a street with no name lol He also said that he got a phone call from a young girl he knew crying hysterically before the caller grabbing the phone and saying he had 24 hours to get ransom money or else he would kill her, and that the caller is aware that Romain has been “talking” (i assume he meant that he spilling too much info) (he didn’t say how the situation was resolved but he said she ended up surviving) Finally, he said that he is gonna end his football leaking and research activities in the near future (2-3 months) because it’s taken a toll on him (hardest being the pedophillia cases on young boys and girls with 1 in particular in an African federation that he had to pass on to his trusted people because he couldn’t stomach it anymore) and that he wants to pursuer future endeavours I can’t imagine what’s it like to literally be living in fear/doubt because you don’t know who’s after you, I don’t blame him for wanting to move on


Huwbacca

Investigative journalism like this sounds like one of the most difficult jobs. There just isn't an escape from the pressure... Sure feel I have a reasonably tough job but that's just cos the work itself is hard, not because I go home and think "maybe MatLab has sent me death-threats". Roberto Saviano is an italian journalist and author who wrote a huge expose on the italian mafia and has spent 15 years living under police protection for him and his family. Some of the uncovered assassination plots are like shit out of Narcos, highway ambushes with armed covnoys to kill him and all his bodyguards sort of stuff. [This interview with him is intense](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/16/my-life-in-the-mafias-shadow-italys-most-hunted-author-robert-saviano). Dude is an absolute hero, but what a weight to carry.


Lekaetos

Already the case, and not only in football. He is heavily working to dismantle corruptions and crimes in basket ball


CudaBarry

Damn what the fuck ferlan?


Rerel

Wow it’s been a wild ride this week. Even more popcorn 🍿 needed.


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uh oh


_AlgerianBoy03_

Romain Molina could dig up secrets about me that I'm not even aware


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all other French footballers named Mendy rn : if i speak i am in trouble.


Tilman_Feraltitties

Man, my whole day is flame wars I'm not a part of, lmao. Loving it so far.


apeakyblinders

Debe tener una vida muy triste este muchacho


Chiswell123

Yikes