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‘Silence is the crime’: Patrice Evra on surviving abuse and his work with the WHO

‘People were in shock when I wrote this in my book. So I wanted to share,’ says Evra.
‘People were in shock when I wrote this in my book. So I wanted to share,’ says Evra. Photograph: Joe Short

His autobiography had been written and was at the printers when international football star Patrice Evra decided he had something important to add about his life. But first he had to tell his mum. “That was the hardest challenge,” he says. “And I was a 40-year-old man.”

Until that point last year, the former Manchester United and French national team captain had never spoken about being sexually abused by a teacher when he was 13.

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