At the heart of a legal battle between him and his former partner, Marcel Desailly will be forced to carry out a paternity test.
This time, justice has ruled. And she has decided to take a strong decision, which should make it possible to close once and for all the affair which has pitted Marcel Desailly for months against his former partner, Cosma Batista de Alcantara. The two ex-lovers, who are now fighting in court, disagree over the supposed paternity of the former French international, of little nine-year-old Victoria. On the one hand, the mother assures that Marcel Desailly is the biological father. On the other hand, the retired footballer denies it. But on March 12, it was decided to impose a DNA test on the native of Accra (Ghana).
The information was revealed Thursday by The Parisian who explained that Marcel Desailly now had six months to comply with the judicial decision. It was in reality the 1998 world champion who requested justice for this famous test to be carried out. But the daily clarified that if Desailly had not made this request, then he would have been automatically recognized as the biological father of the child. The Parisian also added that Marcel Desailly had already found himself in such a situation, but he had not requested a DNA test and had thus been recognized as the father of a first daughter born out of wedlock.
Without the money?
Married for the first time in Virginie, from whom he had four legitimate children, Marcel Desailly then entered into a relationship with Cosma Batista de Alcantara until 2018, when he was not yet divorced from his wife (the divorce will be officially implemented in 2021). Little Victoria was born in 2014, four years after Desailly and his partner moved in together. Quoting the mother, the media indicated that the former FC Nantes and OM player “ gradually disinterested in the child “. He has not seen her since 2021.
If Marcel Desailly is recognized as the real father of the little girl, he will then have to pay alimony to his former partner. On this point, The Parisian concluded that in the event of conviction or non-payment, the former Blues defender could be the subject of financial investigations. Citing a conversation between Desailly and his ex who demanded a pension of 5,000 euros per month from him, the media put down the words attributed to the retired footballer: “ But where will it be taken? You don’t even know my income. I don’t even have that left… »
