According to Brazilian media outlet UOL, Brazilian star Neymar has taken a transgender female influencer to court after the female influencer claimed in an interview that Neymar was involved with male surfer Pedro Scooby.
Brazilian media outlet UOL revealed that Neymar has filed a defamation lawsuit against a transgender influencer, Sofia Barclay, and is demanding at least 100,000 reais (about 19,000 euros) in compensation.
Neymar's lawyer is understood to have quoted Sofia Barclay's interviews with at least three media outlets, saying that Neymar believes that her series of remarks have seriously damaged his "dignity, image and reputation".
In a previous interview, transgender female Internet celebrity Sophia Barclay broke the "fierce news", she said: "In 2021, I had an X relationship with Neymar and Pedro Scooby, as well as another woman, several people in a room. The room was pitch black, and they (Neymar and Pedro Scooby) were still working on the base. There was a smell of in the house, and I didn't think they had cleaned it properly. At that time, Neymar came up with a confidentiality agreement, because the secret between the two cannot be made public, otherwise he will be compensated 20,000 reais for breach of contract. ”
In addition, Sofia Barclay also claimed that she suffered "death threats" from Neymar fans: "After the interview was broadcast, it had a great impact on me, and I even had a panic attack and had to move one after another. I didn't want to get any benefit from it, because I received countless invitations, TV stations, podcasts, and reality TV interviews on the subject, but I turned them down. I hope this is over soon and resolved in the best way possible. ”
Neymar has informed Sofia Barclay through his team of lawyers that he believes that Sofia Barclay's words in private and public interviews constitute a serious violation of his reputation, and that his public description of himself as "immoral (unscrupulous) corrupt behavior" is detrimental to his image.