SAO PAULO: Police in Sao Paulo have charged the woman who accused Neymar of rape with fraud, extortion and slander.

The Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain superstar was accused of raping Najila Trindade in a Paris hotel room in May but he alleged the encounter was consensual and prosecutors said in August they were dropping the case through a lack of evidence.

Sao Paulo state police also said in a statement on Tuesday they were indicting Trindade’s former husband, Estivens Alves, on fraud charges. The couple have denied wrongdoing.

The former Barcelona and Santos forward always denied the accusations against him and released private chats and lurid photos he had exchanged with Trindade.

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