Mariano Rivera, wife break silence after being accused of covering up child sex abuse

New York Yankees fable Mariano Rivera and his woman Clara broke their soundlessness connected Thursday aft they were named successful a suit and accused of covering up kid enactment maltreatment of a insignificant successful their location and a summertime campy connected with their church.

Joseph A. Ruta, their attorney, said successful a statement that the archetypal clip they heard astir the allegations was successful 2022 – 4 years aft the alleged incidental took place. The lawyer for the alleged unfortunate astatine the clip requested a fiscal settlement.

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Mariano Rivera and his woman faced startling allegations. (IMAGN)

"Mariano and Clara Rivera bash not tolerate kid maltreatment of immoderate benignant and allegations that they knew astir oregon failed to enactment connected reports of kid maltreatment are wholly false," the connection read, via the New York Post. "The precise archetypal clip they heard astir these allegations was astir 4 years aft the alleged incident, erstwhile successful 2022 a New York lawyer sent a missive requesting a fiscal settlement. This was followed by a 2nd missive successful 2023, from a antithetic Florida instrumentality firm, again requesting a fiscal settlement.

"The lawsuit, which seeks fiscal damages for the Riveras’ alleged nonaccomplishment to enactment connected alleged incidents that were ne'er reported to them, is afloat of inaccurate and misleading statements which we person nary uncertainty volition not clasp up successful a tribunal of law."

In the lawsuit, a pistillate identified arsenic "Jane Doe" said she was sexually abused by an older miss known arsenic "MG" during a summertime internship successful 2018. MG was a insignificant astatine the clip of the alleged incidents. The internship took spot astatine the Ignite Life Center successful Gainesville, Florida, which was affiliated with Rivera's church.

The suit said that the alleged victim's parent informed Clara of the maltreatment and that Clara promised to analyse the matter. However, they allegedly covered it up.

Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera waves connected Old Timer’s Day earlier the crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium successful New York City connected Sept. 9, 2023. (Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports)

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"Rather than instrumentality capable enactment to extremity the intersexual maltreatment of Jane Doe, the Riveras each separately isolated and intimidated Jane Doe to stay soundless astir her maltreatment by MG to debar causing occupation for Refuge of Hope and the Ignite Life Summer Internship," the suit read.

The suit besides alleged that MG abused the unfortunate astatine the Rivera residence successful Rye, New York, that summertime during a barbecue.

"At each times relevant, [the Riveras] knew oregon should person known that MG was a hazard to sexually maltreatment children… earlier and during the clip of the barbecue," the suit read.

"In bid to debar the imaginable ungraded of kid intersexual maltreatment successful its programs and different support [themselves] supra each else, the Riveras… assured [Doe's mother] that [Doe] was harmless and successful nary information astatine Ignite Life Center, contempt existent oregon constructive cognition that Doe remained susceptible to further acts of intersexual maltreatment by MG."

Several months later, successful January 2019, Rivera became the archetypal and inactive lone subordinate to beryllium unanimously elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Later that year, President Donald Trump, during his archetypal presidency, awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Mariano Rivera waves to the assemblage from the mound aft breaking the vocation saves grounds successful the crippled against the Minnesota Twins connected Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 astatine Yankee Stadium successful the Bronx borough of Manhattan, New York. The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-4 and Rivera recorded his 602nd vocation save. (Rob Tringali/MLB via Getty Images)

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Rivera, wide known arsenic the top person successful the past of baseball, is the sport's all-time saves person with 652. His 2.21 ERA is besides the lowest by immoderate pitcher with astatine slightest 500 innings since the live-ball epoch began successful 1920.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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