The former footballer and 1998 world champion with the Blues is the father of a 10-year-old child, according to Le Parisien. The separation from the mother was allegedly followed by threats.
It will be necessary to wait for a hearing scheduled for December 10 for his paternity to be officially recognized. But according to the newspaper The Parisian there is no doubt: Marcel Desailly, former footballer of the French team, is the father of Victoria, 10 years old, whom he refused to recognize as his daughter to the point of having undergone a DNA test . The latter confirmed the identity of the father to «99,99999%»reports The Parisian.
The relationship with the mother, Cosma, originally from Brazil, has seriously deteriorated since they met in 2010. At the time, Desailly was 42 years old and still married to Virginie, with whom he had 4 children. Cosma gave birth to Victoria in 2014. Desailly, world champion in 1998 with the Blues, then returned from a trip abroad and did not declare the birth of his daughter. However, he would have considered it as such on a daily basis.
Desailly accused of domestic violence committed in 2013
Desailly's life was then busy, professionally and privately. Former defender converted consultant for beIN Sports and ambassador for Fifa, he was declared the father of Aïda, a young woman aged 25, in 2016 by the court of appeal of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) after refusing to submit to a paternity test. Which was taken as a confession.
In 2018, his relationship with Cosma is on the rocks. His trips to Ghana, his native country, are more and more frequent. He would have two other children in West Africa. In 2021, Cosma asks Desailly to recognize Victoria as her daughter. He refuses and cuts ties. The case continues in court. The former Marseille, Nantes, Chelsea and AC Milan player allegedly made threats against his former partner.
“My client does not intend to give in to any intimidation”declared Me Françoise Rozelaar-Vigier, lawyer for Cosma, at Parisian. Desailly, 56, was also allegedly violent on several occasions with her in 2013. A handrail was filed at the time. Cosma is demanding 5,000 euros per month in alimony. “She (Victoria) doesn’t understand why he doesn’t phone her anymore. She suffers from it and I am sad for her”she confided.
