Manchester United legend Patrice Evra has been hit with a suspended 12-month jail sentence after being discovered responsible of abandoning his household for over two years.
Evra, 43, is alleged to owe €969,000 (£813,640) in unpaid alimony after abandoning Sandra Evra and their two youngsters between Could 1, 2021 and September 28, 2023. His sentence was confirmed by the Nanterre prosecutor’s workplace, Le Parisien declare.
The 12-month punishment has been suspended for 2 years with provisional execution however the former captain of the French nationwide staff has been ordered to pay his spouse €4,000 (£3,358) for ethical damages and €2,000 (£1,679) for authorized prices.
Evra has launched an enchantment towards the choice, the prosecution has confirmed, with Jerome Boursican, his lawyer, insisting ‘the details are disputed’ by his shopper.
‘Mr Patrice Evra filed an enchantment, figuring out that he offered his spouse with an condominium, a home with a swimming pool within the south of France and that he lent her nearly two million euros for her day by day life,’ Boursican mentioned.
Manchester United legend Patrice Evra has been given a suspended 12-month jail sentence for abandoning his household, together with his spouse Sandra (pictured: Evra with Sandra in 2012)
Evra and Sandra cut up in 2020 however share two youngsters, son Lenny and daughter Maona
He’s additionally alleged to owe over £800,000 in unpaid alimony courting again to mid-2021
‘A sum that she refuses to return, which is the explanation for this trial.’
Evra’s representatives haven’t but responded to requests for remark.
Sandra and Evra married in 2007 and share two youngsters, a son, Lenny, and a daughter, Maona. Divorce proceedings had been initiated by the now-retired footballer in 2020, nonetheless, although they continue to be uncompleted over 4 years on.
In July 2020, pictures of Evra kissing Danish mannequin Margaux Alexandra, his present companion, had been printed whereas he remained married to his spouse. Evra and Alexandra are engaged and have since had two youngsters – a younger son, Lilas, and a daughter.
Appearing on behalf of Sandra, lawyer Nathalie Dubois advised Le Parisien: ‘I hope that, due to this resolution, Patrice Evra will lastly perceive that he’s not above the regulation and that you simply can not abandon your spouse and kids in a single day.
‘Much more so after they met after they had been 15 and she or he adopted him everywhere in the world to assist his soccer profession.’
Evra initiated divorce proceedings in 2020 after ending the 13-year marriage and transferring out
He’s now engaged to Danish mannequin Margaux Alexandra, with whom he shares two youngsters
Evra was first seen with Alexandra (pictured) 5 months after his separation from his spouse
Evra, who performed 379 instances for United between 2006 and 2014, was first seen with Alexandra 5 months after his separation from his spouse. He’s understood to have ended the 13-year marriage after transferring out of the household house in Paris.
Sandra, Evra’s childhood sweetheart after they grew up collectively within the Parisian suburb of Les Ulis, was mentioned to be heartbroken after he left to work as a pundit for Sky Sports activities. She reportedly realized of his new relationship by means of social media.
She advised The Sun: ‘That was the worst day of my life. I used to be devastated, distraught. I’ve been left paying all my bank cards and the Netflix invoice. It has taken me a very long time to understand what he is like… he has become a rat.’
Sandra additionally advised the publication that she had not seen Evra since January 2020, when he travelled to their second house in Battersea, London, for a ’15-day work journey’. He then formally filed for a shock divorce that left her surprised on March 4.
Evra is alleged to have used his solicitor to tell Sandra he needed the divorce.
Earlier this 12 months, he was noticed kissing a thriller girl on an evening out. In pictures printed by The Mirror, Evra was snapped getting cosy at 4am in full view of fellow revellers exterior the MNKY HSE restaurant and bar within the centre of Manchester.



















