England soccer star Dele Alli has revealed he was sexually abused by a good friend of his mum as a six-year-old.
The England worldwide made the shock revelation in a bombshell interview after returning to Everton in April.
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During an look on The Overlap with Gary Neville, he revealed he not too long ago hung out in rehab for sleep tablet habit.
And opened up about his traumatic experiences as a baby.
He mentioned: “When I was six I was molested by mum’s friend … because my mum was an alcoholic.
“That happened at six.”
The Everton star turned very emotional and was seen wiping again tears as he opened up about his trauma.
He continued: “And then I was sent to Africa to learn discipline and then I was sent back.
“At seven I started smoking and then at eight I started selling drugs.
“An older person told me they wouldn’t stop a kid on a bike so I’d ride around with my football and underneath I’d have drugs.
“At 11 I was hung off a bridge … by a guy from the next estate. A man.
“By 12 I was adopted but from then it was like I was adopted by an amazing family.
“I couldn’t have asked for better people to do what they done for me.
“If God created people it was them – they were amazing and have helped me a lot.
“When I was living with them it was hard for me to open up to them because I felt like it was easy for them to get rid of me.”
It comes as Alli, 27, discovered himself on a downward spiral after returning to England from Turkey, excessively consuming and consuming sleeping drugs.
And in a determined bid to get himself again on the straight and slim, he checked himself right into a rehab facility.
He defined: “When I came back from Turkey I found out I needed an operation I was in a bad place mentally and I decided to go to a modern day rehab facility for mental health.
“They deal with addiction and trauma. I felt it was time for me.
“You can’t be told to go there – you have to know and make the decision yourself or it’s not going to work.
“I was caught in a bad cycle and things that were doing me harm.”
And he admits he contemplated hanging up his boots three years in the past on the age of 24.
The former Tottenham man mentioned: “One morning I woke up and I had to go training.
“I remember staring in the mirror and I was asking if I could retire now. At 24. Doing the thing I love.
“For me that was heartbreaking.”
He added: ‘It’s all the time been me in opposition to myself in all the pieces.
“I was winning the fight, showing I was happy. But inside, I was losing the battle.”
Alli’s girlfriend Cindy Kimberly this morning led messages of help after her boyfriend for opened up.
She wrote on Twitter: “Proud of you.”
James Maddison, who not too long ago signed to Spurs, additionally shared his help for Alli.
He posted a nonetheless from the interview on his Instagram tales, writing “Love you brother” adopted by a coronary heart emoji.
Overlap host Neville shared a tweet that referred to as the dialog ‘the most emotional, difficult yet inspirational conversation I’ve ever had in my life.’
Alli was one of many first Everton gamers to return to pre-season coaching final week.
But supervisor Sean Dyche not too long ago refused to be drawn on the midfielder’s future shortly after his arrival at Goodison Park.
In April, he mentioned: “He is not here. He has an injury which will keep him out for some time.
“Some of the stuff reported – they know what they should and shouldn’t be doing.
“As a manager, you cannot control everything in their lives.
“Should we be following them all day? You can only guide them.
“He has an injury which will take a while to sort out – it will be a number of weeks.”
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.
Source: www.news.com.au
