Late Argentina legend accused of abusing 16-year-old

Shocking reports has emerged pointing fingers at late Argentina legend Diego Maradona allegedly abusing a 16 year old Cuban girl.

That’s according to an exclusive report from global outlet Infobae, who claims to have seen footage of Maradona and a girl, who was, at the time of the footage, understood to be 16-years-old. The story has also been relayed by British mainstream outlet the Telegraph.

It has been claimed that when alive, the former Argentine striker locked Mavys Alverez in a hotel room and frequently plied her with drugs in order to carry out an abusive relationship.

Infobae’s report reveals how from the footage seen, Maradona filmed the par in the hotel room before turning the camera on themselves which revealed them both in bed together  the outlet also describes how Alverez appeared sad in the video.

Shockingly, further details claim the ex-player’s manager, who also attended the hotel room on occasions, was filmed holding a sex toy.

The footage is understood to date back several years and although at the time, Cuban law did not forbid sexual relations with a 16-year-old, Infobae notes that from the footage uncovered, it was evident the pair’s relationship was built on abuse.

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Argentina declared three days of national mourning when Maradona died as huge crowds of people paid their last respects to the football star, who led the Argentinian side to the World Cup victory in 1986.

“Argentina is Maradona,” mourner Wilson Cisnero told Al Jazeera in Beunos Aires at that time. “Now soccer is left without its God.”