Soccer Football - Copa America - Brazil Training - Granja Comary, Teresopolis, Brazil - June 4, 2019. Brazilian Neymar during training REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday came out in support of Neymar, the national soccer star who has been accused of raping a woman last month in Paris, an allegation he denies.
"Today I'm supposed to be at the game between Brazil and Qatar," said Bolsonaro at an event in the city of Aragarças. "I hope to hug Neymar. He is a boy who is in a difficult moment but I believe in him."
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