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Allegations of Abuse
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Tea Ropati - League Star accused
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Sunday News The wife of Tea Ropati has spoken
of her love for the fallen rugby league star and why she is standing by her
man. Vanessa Ropati said the court
case, where Tea was acquitted of rape and five other sex charges, had made
their relationship even stronger. In this week's issue of New Idea,
Vanessa said her husband's infidelity was a "drunken mistake. "Tea and I share something so
much bigger and so much more than fooling around in a drunken mistake. He was
a stupid twit for doing it but I knew that was all it was," Vanessa told
New Idea. After the couple had an argument
in June, 2006, Tea left home to go drinking in town. He met a woman, who he flirted
with throughout the evening. The pair left together and the woman later
accused him of rape. Vanessa, who had only been married
to Tea for three months when the incident happened, said she knew in her
heart her husband was innocent, and the love they had for one another kept
them together during the harrowing 18 months it took for the case to get to
court. The couple have just celebrated
their second wedding anniversary and were looking to the future. New Idea is on sale today. |
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