PANAMA CITY -- Just weeks after becoming baseball's first unanimous Hall of Fame selection, Mariano Rivera is defending himself from accusations in his native Panama that he has failed to support two children he had outside his marriage.
The former New York Yankees closer on Tuesday called the demands filed against him in the Central American country "unfounded."
"I have always acted ... as a good family father," the 49-year-old told local media.
Rivera's comments came as he is being asked to appear before Panamanian judicial authorities to answer accusations that he has failed to fulfill his obligations to support the boy and girl, ages 11 and 15.