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RAGING Mario Balotelli fumed at a gangster's claims last night that he had sold drugs "as a joke".
The
madcap soccer star went into an online rage after learning a Mafia
informant had linked him to mobsters. The ex-Man City forward was drawn
into controversy after the supergrass gave evidence at a Mob money
laundering trial.
Armando De Rosa claimed the 22-year-old striker
had sold drugs as “a joke” while in the company of senior gangsters.
But in a furious denial on Twitter, Balotelli, who now plays for AC
Milan said: ”Ah..so now I’m a drug dealer.
“You should be
ashamed. You are using my name just to publicise yourselves,” he wrote
in a tweet aimed at prosecutors. Balotelli wrote on the
social-networking site minutes after TV news reports emerged of De
Rosa’s claims during a trial in Naples.
He said the Italian
forward was with the local Mafia known as the Camorra. De Rosa told the
court: ”A friend called and said ’Would you like to see Balotelli’ who
was in Scampia (area of Naples). I thought it was a joke but he asked me
to come and see him at a syringe exchange he had. “Balotelli was there
with members of the Russo and Amato-Pagano clams. “Among them was a lad
who was a dealer, he had a bag with doses of cocaine and heroin. I
remember that Balotelli watched as a few deals took place. Then for a
joke he asked if he could do a sale. “So he handed a dose to the next
client. I remember asking him if he had recognised Balotelli but he
didn’t know what was happening or believe me.”
Balotelli’s tweet was later removed from his account with Italian media saying club bosses forced him to take it down.
However
Balotelli fumed at one Naples TV station: "Your newsroom should be
closed down. Unless you apologise you will sweat the tears of my
mother.”
Balotelli’s visit to Naples where he was shown round by
mobsters is said to have taken place in 2011 and he has admitted being
there but insisted he left when he realised he was in a “dangerous
area.”
He has been questioned by prosecutors in connection with
his visit but has never been charged with any offence or suspected of
any wrongdoing. |
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Source: thesun.co.uk |
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