The mother of a 14-year-old Everton supporter Jake Harding, accused that Cristiano Ronaldo smacked her son’s phone out of his hand after a game against Manchester United.
She claims that her son was left with a bruise and a shattered phone. Cristiano Ronaldo has apologized for seeming to knock a fan’s phone out of his hand during Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat at Everton.
According to social media footage, Ronaldo seemed to swipe his hand towards the ground as he went off the pitch, thus into the tunnel at Goodison Park.
According to witnesses, the 37-year-old smacked a fan’s phone out of their hand and broke it to the ground. Ronaldo apologized on Instagram for the incident.
Who Is Jake Harding?
According to his mother, Cristiano Ronaldo “assaulted” and “bruised” her 14-year-old son, Jake Harding, by grabbing his phone out of his hand during full-time of Everton’s game against Manchester United.
Sarah Kelly of Upton accompanied her 14-year-old son Jake Harding to Goodison Park on Saturday, April 9, for the first time to see his beloved Blues play. He witnessed Everton clinch a critical 1-0 victory due to Anthony Gordon’s first-half strike.
Jake and Sarah were seated at the Park End, which meant they were close to the other team when the players exited the field to return to the dressing room. Footage circulating on social media shows Ronaldo attempting to knock an object out of someone’s hand, which seems to be a cell phone.
Jake Harding, 14, is the owner of the phone. In an interview, his mother, Sarah Kelly, told the Liverpool Echo that Ronaldo had “assaulted” and “bruised” her son. She also posted photos of injuries on Jake’s hand and a phone with a cracked screen.
Teenager Jake Harding Accused Cristiano Ronaldo About Alleged Assault
The mother of an Everton supporter, Jake Harding, whose phone was smashed by Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday, claims the Manchester United star assaulted the youngster.
Sarah stated that the phone belonged to her son Jake, who had hurt his hand. “At full-time, the Manchester United players began to walk off,” she explained. We were at the Park End, so we were right next to the tunnel where they were walking by, and my kid was filming them all.
Merseyside Police said that it is talking with both Manchester United and Everton following claims that an away player attacked a kid at the game.
Who Is Jake Harding Mum Sarah Kelly?
Sarah Kelly shared photos with the ECHO to show injuries on Jake’s hand and a phone with a cracked screen. She continued, saying: “The bruising indicates that he made contact. I can’t believe I’m even talking about it.”
“I was weeping, I was shaken, Jacob was in utter shock – he’s autistic and has dyspraxia as well, so he didn’t process what was happening until he’s come home now,” Sarah added.
“He’s quite unhappy about it, and he’s decided not to attend the game again.” This is his first football game, and this has happened.