“We didn’t take [preventive] measures. He told me that nothing was wrong, and if it happened, nothing was wrong. When I later informed him I’m pregnant, he got angry with me. He told me that pregnancy was what I wanted, and he insulted me. He asked me to have an abortion.
“He abandoned me without wanting to know anything. I went on with my life and had the girl. Erika was born on November 15, 1999. 15 days after giving birth, a friend convinced me to go to Real Madrid Sports City. So I went with her and sat in the stands with the baby during a practice.
“He saw me perfectly. I spoke with Robert Carlos who was aware of the relationship. He entered the dressing room and told his teammates that whoever had the baby should come out and take care of it.
“Samuel came out and told me to wait in the parking lot. He took my friend, my daughter and me home. His uncle was driving. During the ride he asked me for forgiveness, he admitted that he had behaved badly and that his behavior was not a matter of money, because he had no problem with that.
“He told me that I was not going to miss anything. He gave me a number and told me that he would call me the next day. The next day the phone did not ring. When I phoned the number he had given me, it was a fake number.”
Eto’o was just 18 the incident occurred.
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