Over these years, the athlete spent 700 thousand euros on his love.
For 15 years, the famous Italian volleyball player was dating a top model. At least, that’s what he thought.
Over the years, the athlete spent 700 thousand euros on his love but never saw her in the end.
The peak of the career of 42-year-old Roberto Kazzanigi was far behind. In 2009, he won gold with the Italian national team at the Mediterranean Championship, then moved to a lower league.
Nevertheless, the athlete’s income was fine. Until he met a Brazilian top model named Maya on the internet.
The virtual romance developed with the energy of a tornado.
Enchanted by the beauty of the girl, Roberto plunged headlong into the relationship.
He bought her expensive gifts, once even gave her a car for her birthday.
Only two things bothered him: the model claimed to have a congenital heart defect and, therefore, could not meet in person yet.
For 15 years, Roberto paid for expensive surgeries for Maya and hoped for the best.
And then he found out that such a model did not exist at all.
It turned out she simply copied photos for correspondence from Alessandra Ambrosio’s Instagram.
“700 thousand euros. I am devastated and morally crushed,” commented Roberto on the situation.
The athlete turned to the police for help. Unfortunately, the chances of finding the scammer are slim.