Patrice Evra has bravely spoken about the 'nightmare' sexual abuse he suffered as a child. The 41 year-old former Manchester United and France captain says he was attacked by a teacher when he was 13.
He has revealed that feelings of 'shame and guilt' led him to live with the effects of the abuse, without telling anyone, for over a decade.
He has now further spoken out about his experience as part of a new global campaign aimed at eradicating violence towards children.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I lived with [it] until I was like 24-years-old when the police called me. I was still playing for Monaco, they said 'this man, there had been lots of complaints from other kids, that they have been sexually abused, did he do anything to yourself?' and I said 'no'. READ MORE: Inquest opens after woman's body found in the woods "I lied.
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