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The girlfriend of Riccardo Calafiori, Benedetta Boeme, has been forced to intervene with a harsh post: “Someone is impersonating me and writing untrue things.” Legal action is being threatened.
Riccardo Calafiori is about to be announced by Arsenal, which will pay Bologna 40 million euros plus 5 in bonuses. The deal is closing; there is an agreement between the clubs for the transfer fee and also with the player for a lucrative five-year contract worth over 4 million a season (he was receiving 750,000 euros at Bologna). At this point, only the agreement between Bologna and Basel – from which the Emilians retrieved the 22-year-old defender last summer – regarding the percentage to be paid to the Swiss for the resale is missing, which the Emilians are trying to lower from the initially agreed 50%. But what has dominated the headlines in recent hours are also the words of Calafiori’s girlfriend – or perhaps ex-girlfriend at this point – Benedetta Boeme, who vented last night denouncing the falsity of words attributed to her: “Someone is impersonating me“.
The post of the ‘fake’ Benedetta on Calafiori: “I’m looking for a reason to forgive but I can’t”
Everything started when a story was circulated from an Instagram profile that seemed to belong to the girl: in the post, the alleged Benedetta announced the couple’s breakup, mentioning an unspecified “video circulating on TikTok” and explaining that she had “watched it countless times, looking for a reason to forgive and forget“, without succeeding. The story then seemed to confirm Calafiori’s imminent move to London, wishing him “all the best as he transfers to Arsenal“.
Riccardo Calafiori with Benedetta Boeme
“Many of you have asked me what has happened to me lately, so I decided to finally share it with you – thus began the first post, written in English, which was said to come from Benedetta – Riccardo and I are not together anymore at the moment. I don’t know if we will be able to get over this, but I doubt it. I needed some time to process everything that happened in the last 3-4 days. I still need time. Thank you to everyone who showed me the video circulating on TikTok this week. I appreciate it, it was important for me to know the truth. I have watched it countless times, looking for a reason to forgive and forget, but I couldn’t“.
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The Instagram story of the ‘fake’ Benedetta
“We talked about it, but I still haven’t found the answer to my questions – the story continued – It was a difficult decision, which we considered for days. Neither of us wanted this, but what is done is done and I can’t help but want to run away from all of this. I will not tolerate any kind of hate towards me or him. I wish him all the best as he moves to Arsenal. He has all my support. And if any of my followers think they don’t want to continue following me now that he is no longer here, feel free to stop following me. Thank you for your understanding“.
Riccardo and Benedetta have stopped following each other on Instagram
The denial from Calafiori’s girlfriend: “Someone is impersonating me and writing untrue things”
Heartfelt words, but coming from a fake profile. And thus, after they had garnered great attention both in Italy and abroad, with tabloids going wild, the ‘real’ Benedetta Boeme published a story – this time authentic – in the night between Saturday and Sunday, to denounce what had happened and threaten legal action: “I am forced to write that I do not have any TikTok profile!!! (here she gets a bit confused about the source of the fake, which is actually Instagram, ed.). Someone is impersonating me and writing untrue things! This is my only social profile. I have never spoken about anything and I never will. I kindly ask anyone who opened the TikTok page pretending to be me and writing personal and delicate things, which are then reported in articles, to immediately close the profile, otherwise I will take legal action“.
The outburst of the ‘real’ Benedetta and the threat of legal action
The Instagram profile in question, from which the fake post was created, can no longer be found on the social network: the fact that the message text was written in English suggests that the origin should be sought among Arsenal fans or anyway abroad. As for the status of the relationship between Benedetta and Riccardo, despite the first post being denied, all photos featuring the couple together have been removed from the girl’s Instagram profile, and they no longer follow each other on the social network in question.