Mavys Alvarez, a Cuban woman who previously detailed a relationship with former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona, said Monday he subjected her to sexual and physical abuse and pressured her into taking cocaine. Maradona died in November 2020.
Alvarez, who said in the past she engaged in a consensual relationship with Maradona but mentioned he forced himself on her on occasion, alleged Monday the latter instance occurred in 2001 when she was 16 and met him in Cuba while he was in Havana for drug treatment, per Reuters' Ramiro Scandalo.
"He covers my mouth, he rapes me, I don't want to think about it too much," Alvarez said.