Nike: Neymar’s contract cancellation: Suspicion of sexual assault
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Nike, a major US sports equipment company:
On May 27, he said, “I was investigating the alleged sexual assault of Brazil national football team Neymar.”
Neymar’s alleged sexual assault:
2016 Alleged Assault on Nike Female Employees
This is because Neymar “refused to cooperate in good faith” in response to the alleged investigation.
Nike canceled its sponsorship agreement early in August 2020.
Neymar’s father:
Neymar’s father told Brazil’s leading newspaper Forya di São Paulo
He denied allegations of assault, stating that “Neymar doesn’t even know the woman.”
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGN28ETY0Y1A520C2000000/
Nike says it split with Neymar over sexual assault investigation
US sportswear giant Nike
says it stopped working with Brazilian footballer Neymar
because he “refused to co-operate in a good faith investigation” into an allegation of sexual assault against an employee.
The alleged incident happened in 2016 and was reported to Nike in 2018.
Nike said its investigation was inconclusive.
A spokeswoman for Neymar
said he denied the sexual assault and split with Nike last year for commercial reasons.Nike said
the employee reported the allegations in 2018 but initially wanted to avoid an investigation and keep it confidential.
It said it commissioned an independent investigation into the matter the following year, when she expressed an interest in pursuing it.
The alleged victim
has not been named, with Nike saying:“We continue to respect the confidentiality of the employee and also recognise that this has been a long and difficult experience for her.”
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