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Dele Alli’s mother responds to her son’s heartbreaking interview.
Former Tottenham Hotspur player, Dele Alli has been the topic of discussion ever since Gary Neville’s interview with him was made public online.
The mother of the player had an interview with the Sun where she responded to her son’s revelation about him being molested as a child by one of her friends.
Dele Alli admitted to being molested as a child when he was 6 years old by one of his mother’s friends in an interview with the Overlap.
He said: “At six I was molested by my mum’s friend who was at the house a lot, my mum was an alcoholic. So that happened at six. I was sent to Africa to learn discipline, and then I was sent back. At seven I started smoking, at eight I started dealing drugs”.
She stated that she was unaware of the difficult upbringing her son had experienced and claimed that she has been crying nonstop since he gave the interview.
“I have not been able to stop crying since I heard my son describe the abuse he suffered as a child. I had no idea he’d been molested. I’m so sorry. It breaks my heart to think that someone I allowed into my house might have betrayed my trust in the worst possible way. I cannot put into words how upset I am I no longer have contact with my son and only hope I will have the chance to see him again”.
The 27-year-old’s football career flourished at Tottenham Hotspur while Mauricio Pochettino was the club’s manager, but he has found it difficult to adjust since the Argentine departed the team.