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| Justin Fashanu |
John Fashanu paid his brother Justin £75,000 in a
bid to prevent him from becoming out as the first openly gay English
professional footballer because he did not want his family to be embarrassed.
Former England Under 21 international Justin
committed suicide in 1998, eight years after he first went public with a claim
that he had an affair with a married Conservative MP.
And now his brother has revealed the extent that he
went to in a bid to stop the revelation that shocked British football.
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| John Fashanu |
Former Wimbledon striker John's shameful admission
that he tried to buy his brother's silence having also threatened him come 17
years after he first slammed Justin, saying he would not want to be involved in
the same dressing room as him.
'I begged him, I threatened him, I did everything I
could possibly do to try and stop him coming out,' Fashanu told the Daily
Mirror.
'I gave him the money because I didn't want the
embarrassment for me or my family. Had he come out now, it would be a different
ball game.
'I'll never forget when Justin first told me,'
Fashanu said. 'He called me in the evening time and said to me: "I'm
gay".
'He promised when I gave him the money he would not
go out and say that. Two days later - bang - headlines in a newspaper. I looked
like a sucker.'
Fashanu's revelations come amid reports that two
Premier League footballers, including an England international, are planning to
go public about being homosexual.
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