Manchester United’s Antony appears on Brazilian TV to deny assault allegations

• Footballer denies allegations on Brazil's SBT network
• Three women have accused Brazil forward of assaulting them

The Manchester United winger Antony has spoken on Brazilian television denying allegations made against him of violence towards women. The 23-year-old was dropped this week from the Brazil squad after accusations were made of physical aggression on a number of occasions since January towards his former girlfriend Gabriela Cavallin, which are being investigated by police and which he denies.

Since then, the Brazilian newspaper Extra has reported that the influencer and law student Rayssa de Freitas filed a police report in May 2022 against Antony alleging she sustained injuries in an incident involving the player and another woman after a night out in Sao Paulo. Meanwhile, the banker Ingrid Lana told Brazil's RecordTV that in an incident at Antony's home in Manchester in October 2022 he pushed me against the wall, and I hit my head".