Samuel Eto’o’s daughter says her father owes her a huge sum of money.
Samuel Eto’o has been convicted before for neglecting child support payments. EPA / AOP
My football icon Samuel Eto’on the daughter has had enough of her father’s actions.
Spanish magazine Diario de Sevilla writes that the 22-year-old Erika Do Rosario Nieves tells Eto’o that he owes him up to 90,000 euros.
Eto’o, 42, acknowledged Nieves’ paternity in 2022. The woman’s lawyer Fernando Osuna according to the ex-star has failed to pay his daughter five years of child support payments.
Nieves is now demanding a one-year prison sentence for his father. Osuna justifies the demand with its client’s low income.
– Eto’o continues to neglect justice. Erika’s financial situation is weak, while Samuel lives a luxurious life, says the lawyer.
Erika do Rosario Nieves (left) and her mother Adilnelsa do Rosario. EPA / AOP
The soccer star has also been punished in the past for neglecting to pay child support for another child out of wedlock.
In addition, Eto’o was sentenced to a 22-month suspended sentence for tax fraud a year ago. The fraud concerned his image rights from the time when he represented the great Spanish club FC Barcelona. The Cameroonian evaded taxes for almost four million euros.
Eto’o is currently the president of the Cameroon Football Association. During his successful playing career, he represented, among others, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea.