An international footballer has been sacked by his club after his wife accused him of domestic abuse and infidelity with Peruvian pop star Pamela Franco.
Christian Cueva’s wife, Pamela López Solórzano, accused the 32-year-old Peruvian player of “strangling” and “suffocating” her, and told a television programme that she “feared for her life” and “suffered for many years”.
The former LaLiga midfielder has denied being an ‘abuser’ but has asked for forgiveness for “what did not happen.”
He admitted that his behaviour had been “inexcusable” and that he had a “complex personality”, but begged to be allowed to continue playing for the Cienciano Club.
“Following the conclusion of the internal investigation process, footballer Christian Cueva has been permanently dismissed from the club,” the Peruvian club said in a statement.
The wife of a Peruvian soccer player accuses him of domestic abuse and deception
Christian Cueva has been fired from his club after Pamela López Solórzano accused him of ‘strangling’ and ‘suffocating’ her
The Peruvian international denied being an “abuser” but apologized for “inexcusable” behavior
Lopez previously accused Cueva of cheating on her with pop star Pamela Franco Viera.
‘This measure has been taken in strict compliance with our values and to preserve the integrity of our institution.
Lopez filed a complaint with the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, requesting “protective measures against her husband for physical and psychological violence.”
The court ordered that a panic button be installed on her phone and Cueva is not allowed near her.
“There was slapping, hair pulling, pushing. The last thing he did was suffocate me, cover my mouth and nose, and strangle me by the neck. He always used insults and swear words and then came back repentant,” she said. America Today via Marca.
‘I fear for my life. One of them (violent episodes) was when I discovered an infidelity; and another, days before my birthday.
‘For me it was a very complicated, very difficult decision, it took me many years to make it. But I made it for myself, for my children and for all the women who suffer the same thing that I have suffered for many years.
“I have been manipulated. I will continue to report this until the end, for myself and for my children.”
In 2018, she accused Cueva of cheating on her with Peruvian pop star Franco, and revealed they had a fight about it on a TV show. Magaly TV La Firme, via Gale.
“I have a complex personality that goes beyond what you can see of me,” Cueva said.
Franco has 785,000 followers on Instagram while Cueva has played 100 times for his country.
‘I have been accused of many bad things, defects that I surely have and now they accuse me of being an abuser and I don’t believe I am,’ wrote Cueva.
A video published by Marca purports to show Cueva assaulting López in an elevator before a man intervenes, while one shared by AS is meant to show them fighting.
Cueva is one of Peru’s most capped players ever, with 100 appearances for the national team, and has appeared at the 2018 World Cup and four Copa Américas.
On Instagram, he posted a lengthy statement acknowledging his “inexcusable” behavior but denying being an “abuser.”
“Violence is inexcusable and my behavior, although not spontaneous but in response, is also inexcusable,” he began.
‘I have been accused of many bad things, defects that I surely have and now they accuse me of being an abuser and I don’t believe I am.
‘I know that I have a complex personality that goes beyond what can be seen of me and I will take responsibility for my actions, which does not mean that I will stop defending myself and seeking to clarify, before the authorities, those events that have not been reported in the way they occurred or that simply did not occur.
‘For all this, for what happened, for what happened differently and even for what didn’t happen, I ask for forgiveness.
‘While the truth is being sought and found in the appropriate instances, I ask that you please let me play football, that you do not take this option away from me, because it is, along with my children, whom I love beyond what has been said, what sustains me.’