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The results of a DNA test ordered by the courts revealed that Marcel Desailly was indeed the father of a 10-year-old girl with whom he had cut ties for several years.
The DNA test delivered its verdict. According to information from Le Parisien, Marcel Desailly, former French international and 1998 world champion, was recognized as the biological father of young Victoria, aged 10. Since the latter's birth, the now 56-year-old man had always refused to recognize her as his daughter.
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Born in 2014 to a Brazilian mother who arrived in France four years earlier, the little girl lived for many years with her parents and even called the former Olympique de Marseille and AC Milan player “daddy”. However, in 2021, the latter decided to cut ties with mother and daughter. “She doesn't understand why he doesn't call her anymore, the mother regrets. She suffers from it and I'm sad for her” confided Cosma, the mother.
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Desailly, who now lives in Ghana, his country of origin, would however pay money to Cosma, without admitting what is now a certainty. Threats as well as assault and battery are also mentioned by The Parisian. The regional daily indicates that a hearing concerning the official recognition of paternity will be held on December 10. 5,000 euros monthly in alimony are claimed by the mother.
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