SAO PAULO — Mastercard has canceled an advertising campaign featuring Brazilian soccer star Neymar, after a woman accused him of raping her in a Paris hotel, newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo reported on its website on Thursday. Neymar denies the allegation of rape and has claimed the woman was trying to extort him. A police report seen by Reuters over the weekend showed that a woman had accused Neymar, 27, of raping her at a Paris hotel last month. Sao Paulo police are investigating the accusation. Neither a spokeswoman for Neymar nor Mastercard immediately responded to requests for comment.

Source: National Post June 06, 2019 15:00 UTC