Friday July 12, The Parisian revealed that Patrice Evra had been sentenced to 12 months in prison with suspended probation for abandonment of family. The former defender of the French football team is accused of not having paid alimony to his ex-wife since 2020 for an amount of €969,000.
Patrice Evra is back in court. In February 2023, the footballer was sentenced to a fine of €1,000 as well as damages for homophobic insults after insulting Paris Saint-Germain in a Snapchat video: “Paris, you are faggots, you are PDs… Here, it’s (sic) the men who speak” could be heard saying. The former captain of the French football team, who was present in particular during the famous Knysna strike in 2010, defended himself after the announcement of his conviction, believing that his remarks did not correspond at all to his way of thinking: “I recognized the problem of homophobia in the world of football, so It’s really crazy for me to get this bad press for something I did four years ago.” he had launched.
“Patrice Evra will finally understand that he is not above the law”
The former Manchester United and Olympique de Marseille player was back in court this week, this time for a private matter. Patrice Evra is accused by his ex-wife Sandra, whom he met as a teenager, of not having paid alimony since their separation in 2020. According to information from Parisianhe was also found guilty of “abandonment of family” by the Hauts-de-Seine criminal court on July 9 and sentenced to 12 months suspended probationary sentence for two years, with provisional execution, as well as to be paid to his wife 4,000 euros for moral damages and 2,000 euros for legal costs.
According to the lawyer of his ex-wife and mother of Lenny and Maona, the arrears of alimony amount to 969.000€. “I hope that, thanks to this decision, Patrice Evra will finally understand that he is not above the law and thatYou can’t abandon your wife and children overnight. Especially since they met when they were 15 and she followed him all over the world to support his football career.” she said after the verdict was announced. Patrice Evra’s lawyer announced that his client had decided to appeal: “He provided his wife with an apartment, a house with a swimming pool in the south of France and that he lent him almost two million euros for his daily newspaper. A sum that she refuses to return, reason for this trial.” he indicated. Separated since 2021 but still not officially divorced, Patrice and Sandra Evra will therefore continue to confront each other legally. For his part, the former footballer has rebuilt his life with Danish model Margaux Alexandra, with whom he has since had two new children.
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