The widow of former Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel has revealed that her late husband lived a secret double life earlier than his tragic loss of life in 2018.
The widow of former Aston Villa defender Jlloyd Samuel has uncovered her late husband's secret double life.
Samuel died on the age of 37 in 2018 after his Vary Rover collided with a van shortly after dropping his kids off in school. Previous to that, he had a profitable profession within the Premier League with Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers and represented Trinidad and Tobago at worldwide degree.
Emma Pritchard, who married Samuel in 2008, revealed that shortly after Samuel's loss of life she discovered that he had been main a double life and had transformed to Islam so he may take a second spouse.
Talking within the documentary chronicling Samuel's loss of life, titled 'The Footballer, His Spouse and the Accident', at the moment exhibiting on Netflix, Pritchard mentioned: “I used to be making an attempt to grieve for my husband and discover out he has one other life. Who’s my husband? Do I actually know him?
Pritchard revealed she was bodily unwell after a pal knowledgeable her that Samuel was on one other girl's Instagram simply weeks after his loss of life. The individual in query was Helia Sehimi, whom Samuel met whereas enjoying soccer in Iran.
Pritchard admits he turned obsessive about the Instagram account of Sehimi, who married Samuel in 2013 after the previous Premier League star transformed to Islam.
Pritchard continued: “There have been even images of Jlloyd that she had despatched me on journeys to Africa, with crocodiles after which I might see one other photograph on Helia of her with Jloyd in Africa with the crocodiles.
“It was like a stab within the coronary heart. I'm making an attempt to grieve my husband's loss of life after which I discover out he has had a totally completely different life for seven years. He has by no means ever requested me for a divorce.
“So far as I'm involved, we had been good, we had been nice. The evening earlier than he handed away he was swinging me across the kitchen telling me how a lot he cherished me.”
Pritchard was accused by Samuel's sister Leslie-Ann of faking the previous footballer's loss of life. A coroner dominated the physique belonged to Samuel, who was twice the drink-driving restrict on the time of his loss of life.
Additionally talking in regards to the documentary, which initially aired on ITV in 2022, Sahimi additionally states that he believes Samuel remains to be alive.
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