Lautaro Martinez ‘convicted’ by Italian court for ‘sacking dying babysitter’

The Inter Milan forward has released a statement

Italian outlet Fanpage reported that the Labor section of the Court of Milan ruled that the dismissal of the babysitter was "illegitimate" and that Martinez will have to compensate the girl's family.

The report added that Martinez regularly hired the babysitter, who was 27, however she was hospitalised eight months later with "severe pain in the abdomen".

They added that her hospital stay was extended "indefinitely" which led to the Inter captain deciding to sack her after "she had exceeded the maximum limit foreseen for absences due to illness". She then passed away months later.

Calcio E Finanza said that the girl's lawyers immediately challenged her dismissal while Martinez's lawyers rejected to settle the matter before the case ended up before the Labor Judge of the Court of Milan. The girl passed away during the lawsuit, which passed it on to her heirs.

Martinez has been forced to pay legal costs and "payment of a sum as compensation to the heirs of the young woman".

Addressing the situation on Instagram, he said: "I decided to remain silent for a long time out of respect for a family that has never had it towards us. But I will not allow them to disgrace my family.

"We hired an already ill person, a friend of ours for a lifetime, until unfortunately she could no longer work because her illness did not allow her to.

"We did a lot for her and her family; we paid for the tickets for them to come here, we helped them find a place in the hospital which was full, we helped with treatment and to find accommodation for her family who we had to convince to come take care of their dying daughter.

"After giving them everything they waited until their daughter was dying and was not lucid to try to get money from us and take advantage of the situation. And even after her death they continued to insist and it went very badly for them.

"Now after the sentence it comes out that we didn't want to take away even a single euro because it wasn't appropriate; we gave our help, great help to her when she needed it and now they bring this up to try and shame us?

"What kind of person do you have to be to exploit the death of a daughter to get money?"

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