LAHORE: Ace Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam has been accused of sexual and physical abuse by a woman. In a press conference aired by Pakistani channel '24 NewsHD' on YouTube on Saturday, the woman claimed that Babar exploited her for 10 years and also got her pregnant, while making false promises of marriage.
"We share a long relationship from the time when Babar was not even a cricketer. He was my school fellow and we used to live in the same locality. In 2010, he proposed to me and I accepted it," the woman claimed.
"As time progressed, we planned to get married. We also told our families but they refused. So in 2011, we eloped and he kept telling me that we would get married in a court. We lived at several rented houses, but he always kept avoiding marriage," she added.
The woman further claimed that she paid for Babar's expenses when he was not selected for the Pakistan national team and even after that.
"In 2014, as soon as he got selected in the Pakistan cricket team, his behaviour started changing. Next year, I asked him to get married but he refused. In 2016, I told him that I was pregnant, he started behaving weirdly and physically abused me. However, I couldn't go to my family as we both had eloped and lost their trust." IANS
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