Former West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet is under police investigation after being accused of ‘physical, psychological and sexual violence’ against a woman in Brazil.
Larissa Natalya Ferrari, a 28-year-old lawyer, said in her testimony to Brazilian authorities that ‘she was attacked by Payet, leaving marks on her body, and suffered physical, moral, psychological and sexual violence’.
According to police documents, the attacks took place between January 25 and February 6 this year.
Larissa alleges that she had an extramarital relationship from September 2024 to March of this year with 38-year-old Payet, who has been married for 18 years and has four children.
In an interview with Brazilian outlet G1, Larissa detailed the alleged abuse she received during her relationship with Payet, who now plays for Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.
The first signs of aggression were in December. I asked for two tickets to Vasco and Atletico Mineiro, one for me and one for my friend. And my friend posted a photo of this courtesy without his name appearing and published it on Instagram,’ Larissa said.
And he [Payet] got very angry with me. It was the first time he really offended me, used psychological pressure on me and it was the first time we argued.
‘From that day on, he started to talk about punishment because I had disappointed him.
‘I started to feel emotionally violated because he had already started to put pressure on me.
‘During sexual intercourse, he started to hit me, step on my face, my body. I was afraid to say anything because I knew it was a punishment for my mistake and if I didn’t accept the punishment, I could lose him. So, yeah, I ended up accepting it.
‘Dimitri knew about my psychological problems, using this against me. Dimitri convinced me to put my head in the trash, in the toilet, made me drink my own urine and other sexual bizarre acts.’
Larissa has revealed that she has left Rio de Janeiro and is currently undergoing psychological and psychiatric treatment.
In a separate interview with Metropole, Larissa said: ‘He always used this term ‘punishment’. He made me believe that I was guilty and deserved to be punished. And I believed it.