Man United player Antony appears on TV to deny allegations of violence against women

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester United winger Antony has spoken on Brazilian television denying allegations made against him of violence towards women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 23-year-old earlier this week was dropped from the Brazil squad after accusations of physical aggression on a number of occasions since January towards his former girlfriend Gabriela Cavallin&comma; which are being investigated by police and which he denies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since then&comma; Brazilian newspaper Extra has reported that influencer and law student Rayssa de Freitas in May 2022 filed a police report against Antony alleging she sustained injuries in an incident involving the player and another woman after a night out in Sao Paulo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; banker Ingrid Lana told Brazil’s RecordTV that in an incident at Antony’s home in Manchester in October 2022 he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pushed me against the wall&comma; and I hit my head”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Antony on Monday had issued a statement on Instagram in which he described Cavallin’s claims as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;false”&comma; and speaking on Friday on Brazilian network SBT&comma; the forward said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have never and I never will &lpar;attack a woman&rpar;”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am 100 per cent sure that I have never touched a woman&period; And I will come with the proof&period; People will see the truth&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His club on Wednesday released a statement regarding the Cavallin claims that said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Manchester United acknowledges the allegations made against Antony and notes that the police are conducting enquiries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Club statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester United &lpar;&commat;ManUtd&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManUtd&sol;status&sol;1699384741911294422&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 6&comma; 2023<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pending further information&comma; the club will be making no further comments&period; As a club&comma; we are taking this matter seriously&comma; with consideration of the impact these allegations and subsequent reporting will have on survivors of abuse&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United&comma; who have not said whether Antony remains available for selection&comma; had no comment to make when contacted by the PA news agency regarding the subsequent accusations against him that emerged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with Brazilian website UOL – which also published photographs and screenshots of messages between the pair – Cavallin claimed she was attacked by Antony &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;with a headbutt” in a Manchester hotel room on January 15&comma; leaving her with a cut head which needed treatment from a doctor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cavallin also alleged she was punched in the chest by Antony&comma; which she claimed caused damage to a silicone breast implant which required corrective surgery back in Brazil&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another alleged incident is claimed to have taken place at a house on May 8&comma; with Cavallin saying she suffered a cut finger while trying to protect herself&comma; accusing Antony of throwing a glass cup towards her as well as then taking her passport&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cavallin is said to have filed a report to Sao Paulo Civil Police concerning allegations of physical and verbal abuse by Antony while on holiday in Brazil during June 2022&comma; when she was pregnant&comma; as well as making a separate complaint to Greater Manchester Police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his Instagram post on Monday&comma; Antony&comma; who signed for United from Ajax in an £85&period;5million deal in September 2022&comma; wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From the beginning I have treated this matter with seriousness and respect&comma; providing the necessary clarifications before the police authority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; I can calmly state that the accusations are false and that the evidence already produced and the other evidence that will be produced demonstrate that I am innocent of the accusations made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My relationship with Gabriela was tumultuous&comma; with verbal insults from both sides&comma; but I never committed any physical aggression&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Therefore&comma; I come to vehemently deny the accusations made and inform you that I remain at the entire disposal of the Brazilian authorities to clarify whatever is necessary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I trust that the ongoing police investigations will demonstrate the truth about my innocence&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ece943ad432">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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