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Neymar, sponsors suspend some ad campaigns after rape allegation - statement

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian soccer star Neymar's agents said on Friday that he and some of his sponsors had agreed to suspend some advertising campaigns following an allegation that he raped a woman in Paris last month.

Neymar, sponsors suspend some ad campaigns after rape allegation - statement

(Reuters)

NR Sports, which holds the rights to Neymar's name and image, said in a statement that no sponsorship contract had been cancelled. The agency did not provide details on what ad campaigns had been cancelled.

Neymar said he had a consensual relationship with the Brazilian woman last month and denied any wrongdoing.

(Reporting by Brad Brooks; editing by Grant McCool)


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