Evra reportedly got a 12-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of abandoning his family for over two years
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Manchester United defender, Patrice Evra has posted a bizarre video of himself in handcuffs and prison uniform on social media after reports that a court sentenced him to one year in prison.
According to Le Parisien, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office confirmed that the former French international was handed a 12-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of abandoning his family for over two years.
In the report, it was gathered that the 43-year-old allegedly owes €969,000 in unpaid alimony.
He was also said to have abandoned his enstranged wife, Sandra Evra and their two kids between May 1, 2021 and September 28, 2023.
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However, the 12-month sentence was later suspended for two years, but Evra has been ordered to pay his wife €4,000 for moral damages and €2,000 for legal costs.
Reacting to the verdict in a video he posted on his Instagram page, the ex-Red Devils’ defender, who was wearing an afro wig, an orange prisoner jumpsuit, a large dollar-sign chain and teeth grills, and with his hands handcuffed together, sarcastically said, “I enjoyed myself in prison”
Evra, who was also seen playing basketball on a court added, “They have to put me in jail because I was breaking the internet.”
