The Inter striker lautaro martinez he was ordered to compensate the family of a seriously ill babysitter, who died a few months after filing an appeal.
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The woman, of Argentine origins like the footballer, had been hired by Martinez to take care of his daughter Nina. However, a few months after being hired, the woman became seriously ill and had to be hospitalized.
At that point, Martinez had fired her, believing that she had exceeded the number of sick days allowed by her contract.
The Labour Judge of the Court of Milan deemed the dismissal unlawful, ordering Martinez to compensate the woman's family with a sum of approximately 200 thousand euros.
The judge's decision was motivated by the fact that Martinez had not demonstrated that he had taken the woman's health conditions into consideration when firing her.
Martinez denied the allegations, arguing that the woman was already ill when she was hired and that he was unaware of the severity of her illness.
He also said that he had made himself available to donate the amounts indicated by the judge to a charity, but that the woman's family had refused.
The story has sparked a heated debate in Argentina, where both Martinez and the woman are from. Some have accused the player of taking advantage of the woman's illness to fire her, while others have argued that Martinez was the victim of an injustice.
Inter striker defends himself: "He was dying and his fans were demanding money"
"I chose to remain silent for a long time out of respect for a family that has never had any with us. However, I will not allow them to tarnish my and our reputation. We hired a person who was already ill, a lifelong friend, until unfortunately he could no longer work because his illness did not allow it."
Lautaro Martinez wrote this in a story on Instagram, intervening in the case of his babysitter's dismissal.
“After having done a lot for her and her family, after having taken care of their flights to come to Italy, having helped them find rooms in the hospital when it was full, helping with medical treatments and with the accommodation of the girl's family, who we had to convince to come and treat their daughter who was dying.
After giving them everything, they waited until their daughter was about to die and was not lucid to try to steal money from us and take advantage of the situation, not only this but also insisting after the girl's death and it went badly for them, it couldn't have gone any other way".
“Now after the sentence came out, in which they couldn’t get even one euro because it wasn’t due to them, because we gave our help, our great help (in capital letters, ed.) to the girl when we should have, they try to dirty us like this? What kind of person do you have to be to try to take advantage of the death of a child to make money? Disgusting Lizzola-Lembo family. Go to work”, he concludes in capital letters.
Article published on 11 October 2023 - 20:38
