Manchester United and France icon Patrice Evra has revealed that he was sexually abused by a teacher when he was 13 years old.
He wrote about his experiences in his new autobiography.
He said he used to live in the house of a head teacher to cut down on time spent commuting to school and the teacher would force himself into Evra's bedroom.
Evra, 40, had not told his mother about the abuse until recently when he knew it would come out in the book.
"Of course, she was devastated," he told the Times.