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Four years after beginning her fight in court to be recognized as the daughter of soccer player Samuel Eto'o, Erika do Rosario notified yesterday that the Civil Court of First Instance number 83 of Madrid ruled in her favor. From now on, the young student of Teaching, 22 years old, will be able to benefit from the name of her father, if she so wishes, and will receive a monthly pension of 1.400 euros. "I received the news with joy and relief at being able to settle this issue," says Do Rosario in conversation with ABC.
It was not easy for her to make the decision to take legal action, but both her mother, Adileusa do Rosario, and she tried by all means to do things for good with the Cameroonian, although without success.
Already converted into the daughter of a court ruling, Erika does not hold high hopes of strengthening ties with her father. "Every time I move further away from that idea of getting in touch with him," says the young woman, who was the result of the love affair that her mother had with him at the end of 1998. Eto'o did not care that he she is pregnant. "She told me that she was like all the whores who are looking for soccer players, that she was a bitch and that if she didn't have an abortion, I would find out," admitted Adileusa do Rosario years ago to this medium.
Samuel Eto'o – GTRES
Erika do Rosario wants to get away from all this for the time being and continue with her work and her studies after these four hard years of struggle and broken hopes. Although the nightmare is not over. Samuel Eto'o could still appeal the sentence, but it is something quite unlikely considering that, since he filed the filiation lawsuit in November 2018, he has not presented any of the court summons nor did the DNA test that it was required. The judge even declared him in absentia and ordered that his passport be withdrawn.
eight children
Erika do Rosario is the eighth daughter of the retired soccer player. She has three from his wife, Georgette, and four more from four different women. Counting on the recent addition to the offspring, and there are five recognized through the courts. Yes, Eto'o is a hopeless case. There is no known footballer who has had as many open cases due to affiliation as he has and in all of them, his modus operandi has been the same: to ignore the Justice.
