“Precarious situation exploited”
Housekeeper demands 368,000 euros from Neymar
November 15, 2023, 10:08 p.m
Neymar is currently recovering from his torn cruciate ligament, but he is facing a lot of trouble in his former home of France. His former housekeeper in Paris accuses him of disregarding “elementary rules of labor law.”
Another legal trouble for Neymar: The Brazilian football superstar is being sued in the labor court by his former housekeeper from his time at Paris St. Germain. The AFP news agency learned this from the woman’s lawyers. According to information from the newspaper “Le Parisien”, the plaintiff, who did not have a residence permit for France, is demanding 368,000 euros in compensation. Neymar’s management has not yet responded to an AFP request.
From January 2021 to October 2022, Neymar “exploited our client’s precarious situation to impose undignified working conditions on her, in violation of the elementary rules of labor law,” the lawyers wrote in a statement. The 31-year-old is said to have chased the pregnant woman out of the house when she complained of pain.
According to the lawyers, Neymar was guilty of a “clear violation of the legal protection provisions for maternity”. He also fired the housekeeper after the birth and “left her in complete helplessness, especially because she had not registered with the social security authorities.” After going to the labor court, the lawyers are also considering “prosecuting” the case under criminal law. Every defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Neymar moved from FC Barcelona to Paris in 2017 for the record transfer fee of 222 million euros, which is still valid today. He played on the Seine until the summer – before moving to Saudi Arabia. However, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Brazil’s 2-0 World Cup qualifying defeat in Uruguay in October. The 31-year-old, who has been under contract with Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia since the summer, will be out for several months. At the beginning of November he had a successful operation in Belo Horizonte.