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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (165)

By Colin Samuels

This week's joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of Times Online (from Tuesday, April 29; link god at time of posting):

Ronaldo, the AC Milan forward, was questioned by police yesterday after an altercation with transvestites in a Rio de Janeiro motel.

Footballers in sex scandals are nothing new but this one has a twist. In an episode that seems more like a plot-line from the infamous TV show Footballers? Wives, the striker left a nightclub in the Barra de Tijuca district early on Monday morning with three prostitutes, only to make an unexpected discovery at the motel.

Police said that the incident began when Ronaldo discovered he was dealing with transvestites instead of women and was reportedly infuriated. Carlos Augusto Nogueira, a police inspector, said that Ronaldo admitted he knew they were prostitutes when they met but did not realise they were transvestites until they reached the motel.

?He admitted to everything, he wanted to have fun,? Nogueira said. ?But he committed no crime at all, it was immoral at best.? Prostitution is not illegal in Brazil. ?Ronaldo said he is not good in the head and that he is going through psychological problems because of his recent [knee] surgery,? Nogueira added.

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).