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Football star Neymar da Silva posted a seven-minute video on his personal Instagram page to provide clarifications about his relationship with an unknown woman who accused him of raping her in a hotel in the French capital, Paris, last month. The video included WhatsApp messages that Neymar said he exchanged with the woman in a friendly manner a few days later. Neymar described what happened as a scenario that was prepared and the aim of which was to try to blackmail him. Neymar's statements come after talking about the complaint filed by a woman last Friday with a police station in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, stating that the Paris Saint-Germain player, the Brazilian international Neymar da Silva, had assaulted her on May 15 in a hotel in Paris. The woman indicated in the complaint she submitted to the police that she met Neymar through Instagram, and that she exchanged messages with him before a friend of his named Gallo bought a ticket and booked a room in a hotel in the French capital so that she could travel to France and meet her favorite star. For more: The injury keeps Neymar out of action for ten weeks Watch: Neymar punches a Rennes fan and apologizes Other Brazilian media sources reported that Neymar arrived drunk and exchanged conversations with the woman before turning into an aggressive person and assaulting her immorally. The same sources reported that the woman returned to Brazil on May 17 and went through a period of collapse due to the bad experience she went through. Neymar considered that he was once again involved in an accident outside the football fields, and that he fell into a trap and would learn from this accident. The Paris Saint-Germain striker said: “There was a relationship between a man and a woman between four walls. The next day nothing happened,” adding: “I hope investigators read the messages and see what happened.” The first messages in the video that Neymar posted are dated March 11, and the video also includes many intimate and exciting pictures and messages that Neymar indicated that he exchanged with the woman. The last date shown on the video is May 16, without reference to the alleged rape.