Marcel Desailly, the former star of the French team, world football champion in 1998, has been accused for many years of refusing to recognize a 10-year-old girl, Victoria, from a relationship with Cosma, a Brazilian woman he met in 2010. Big twist on the case this Sunday since Le Parisien announces that a DNA test confirmed his paternity at 99.99999%. A legal hearing scheduled for December 10 could therefore definitively rule on his paternity.
Desailly had cut ties in 2021
The relationship with Cosma deteriorated in 2013, with accusations of domestic violence and a lawsuit filed. Despite the birth of Victoria in 2014, Desailly would have cut ties in 2021, after requests for official recognition of the child. Today, Cosma is demanding 5,000 euros in monthly alimony. She claims that Victoria suffers from the lack of contact with her father. This case takes place in a context where Desailly, also a consultant for beIN Sports and FIFA ambassador, had already been declared the father of another child in 2016 by the courts, after refusing a paternity test. Furthermore, the former player would have two children in Ghana, his native country. At 56, he faces accusations of threats and violence emanating from Cosma, who, according to his lawyer, “will not give in to any intimidation”.
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To summarize
While he refuses to recognize a 10-year-old child of a Brazilian mother, Marcel Desailly was confused by a paternity test. Indeed, according to information from Le Parisien, a DNA test carried out made it possible to establish a certain link.
