Aussie tennis star alexdeminaur has shot down claims he’s ‘being investigated’ for buying a fake COVID vaccine passport. 7NEWS
Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur has released a statement after being embroiled in a COVID-19 vaccine controversy.
It comes after Spanish Police this week confirmed they had dismantled a criminal group that sell passes to unvaccinated people who would use them to bypass jab rules. 11 people have been arrested over the scheme and charged with “forgery and the use of forged documents” after selling the passes to more than 600 people.Among the customers are a number of well-known people in Spain, such as actors, businesspeople and sports stars including boxers, bodybuilders and a professional footballer.
“The Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur, of a Spanish mother and a Uruguayan father, is one of the last investigated as an alleged client of the false Covid passport plot,” Spanish outlet“The tennis player joins the list of top-level athletes, businessmen, musicians and actors who, supposedly, could have made use of the network that provided false Covid passports and PCR.”
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