After fresh domestic violence allegations, Rúben Semedo speaks out publicly | OneFootball

Rúben Semedo broke his silence in the early hours from Saturday to Sunday by turning to his official Instagram account, following the release, the previous day, of several ‘stories’ by a woman who accuses the player of being involved in yet another episode of domestic violence.

In a short message posted on social media, the former Sporting player wrote: "Time for revelations, all masks will fall!!! Why not work to achieve things? Easy money is never good...", he stated.

The accusation made public by the alleged complainant included a series of posts in which she recounted what she claims was an encounter with the footballer, describing a situation that, according to her, involved physical assaults, intimidation, and threats: "You’ll get what you deserve after what you did to me! So, you like hitting women. I don’t know what his intention was, but he invited me to go meet him. I said I shouldn’t go because, well, it was his house... When I got there, there were five or six black guys sitting at a table. I’m not racist, just to be clear. And I was the only woman. Now tell me what he wanted. I don’t know, but whatever it was, he didn’t get it. Because I talk a lot. Or else I lock my face and he didn’t like that."

In another post, the same woman added: "He thinks he can treat me like he treats the others, but here’s a message: you’ll get your stage. Because you don’t know me at all. In fact, these marks here, which even hurt, are from him squeezing my face, stopping me from breathing, from screaming, from asking for help. I filmed him when I was running away from his house and said that he hit me. He had so many friends at his house, I don’t know why. On top of that, you ask if I want to drink. I don’t drink alcohol, thank God. Did I want to eat? No, I have food at home. I don’t want your money, I have my own."

The same woman explained that sharing this was meant to serve as a warning: "It hurt me, but it’s over now. I’m fine now. Now, he will suffer. My body hurts a lot. I’m just sharing a situation I went through so that, if you want to meet someone, meet them in a public place. What hurt me the most was not being able to breathe. It hurt to be pinned against a wall and have one, two, three, four, five monkeys around me. And him there covering my mouth."

Finally, she left an appeal directed at other women: "The worst one was Semedo. Is he handsome? Yes. But inside he’s not handsome, he has no light, he doesn’t shine, he doesn’t smile, he’s arrogant. I’m not exposing him because he’s famous, I’m doing it because we women tend to think we can handle everything alone. When you feel trapped, scream, kick, do everything. Don’t be afraid."

Rúben Semedo, 32 years old, currently plays for AVS and has previously played for Sporting, Reus, Vitória FC, Villarreal, Huesca, Rio Ave, Olympiacos, Porto, Al-Duhail, Al-Markhiya, and Al-Khor. So far, besides the player’s social media post, there have been no additional official reactions regarding the case.

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