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Evra: 'I don鈥檛 want kids to live the way I've been living for so many years'

Patrice Evra tells Amol Rajan he was too ashamed to tell police he had been abused.

Patrice Evra, the former Manchester United, and France Captain has opened up about the abuse he suffered as a child. Speaking to Today鈥檚 Amol Rajan, Evra said it made him feel 鈥済uilty鈥 and 鈥渟cared about what people would think鈥. The 鈥渟hame鈥 he felt meant some years later when he was approached by police, he lied about what had happened to him. Evra has joined the campaign group Together to End Violence, which aims to raise awareness and end child abuse. He has also called for smacking to be banned.

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