Manchester United winger Antony has given an interview in his homeland of Brazil, denying allegations of assault from his former partner Gabriela Cavallin, as well as two other women.
Antony is under investigation by Brazilian authorities and Greater Manchester Police after Cavallin alleged he assaulted her on separate occasions between June 2022 and May this year.
In an interview with Brazil news outlet UOL that was published on Monday, September 4, Cavallin alleged she was first attacked by Antony on June 1, 2022 while she was pregnant when on holiday in Brazil. She claims he threatened to throw her from a moving car.
Cavallin further alleges she was head-butted and punched by Antony in a Manchester hotel room on January 15, 2023, which resulted in a damaged breast implant. She claims she also sustained a finger injury during an incident on May 8 2023.
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Antony had labelled Cavallin’s allegations “false” in a statement on social media and denied them further during an interview with Brazil TV channel SBT on Friday, insisting that while their relationship was “turbulent,” he “never touched her”.
He told the Fofocalizando programme. “This was what happened: I left…