Watford player dates 15-year-old Brazilian TV star, yep you read that headline right, and that man is new Hornets signing Joao Pedro.
He is openly in a relationship with actress Mel Maia, who is a big star in her home country, where she will now stay until she turns 16 and then move over to England.
She visited him in London last month, and now the player’s club has spoken out, considering that the legal age of consent in Brazil is 14 and that it is 16 in the UK.
A Watford spokesman said: “Both Joao and his girlfriend are acutely aware of both the legality and cultural differences between the UK and Brazil.
“She has flown back to Brazil, will remain resident there and has no intention of returning to England until after her 16th birthday.”
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18 year old Pedro joined the Premier League side from Fluminense in January and made his debut against Tranmere Rovers in the FA Cup.
It’s fair to say he’s happy at showing off his private life on social media, a recent post to his 738,000 followers being a picture of the couple kissing on a bridge in London.
Maia is also open to their relationship on Instagram and has a whopping 7million followers. It is also believed they started dating around last September.
After finding out that the Watford player dates a 15-year-old Brazilian TV star, fans on social media gave their reaction, and it’s fair to say he has been getting called a ‘nonce’…
— Jordan Neves (@7jordanneves) February 2, 2020
Ighalo is 30 years old
Joao Pedro turned 18 in September. The girl will be 16 in May.He is still a kid and calling him a pedo is a bit too far
— Ricardo Medina (@RKD_Medina) February 2, 2020
I still think it's wrong, but it's not illegal or anything in Brazil. As long as he only sees her over there and she doesn't come to the UK I don't care pic.twitter.com/Kf4mLWQpLm
— Cole (@UtdCole) February 2, 2020
There’s a 3 year difference she’ll be 16 this year gi it a rest
— liam (@swcooki) February 2, 2020
— ⚽️ (@avfcrob__) February 2, 2020
Apparently he turned 18 in September, and she turned 15 in May. When did they start dating? So essentially less than a 2 1/2 year difference for 2 TEENS = rape now??? I guess seniors in High School can't date sophomores anymore.
Fucking people just can't wait to cancel somebody.
— TeraBLAZE (@TeraBLAZE) February 2, 2020
God ,they are both kids and at a very similar age. Not sure why this got highlighted, leave the kid alone
— Ciarán McKeown (@Kizkegath) February 2, 2020
In native Brazil he is doing nothing wrong the lad is 18 ffs and 100% certain there are 18 year olds in this country dating 15 year olds
— martin sydenham? (@chalf1) February 2, 2020
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