The Mexican journalist Paola Rojas shared an uncomfortable episode that she experienced with Diego Armando Maradona during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In a conversation with the communicator José Ramón Fernández, she detailed how the late star conditioned an interview in exchange for a private meeting.
The moment in the elevator
Rojas said that he met Maradona and his security team in an elevator. He took the opportunity to reiterate his professional interest in interviewing him for Mexican media. According to his testimony, Maradona responded that he would agree to talk to her, but only if she came to his room. The proposal caused the journalist to immediately desist.
The communicator emphasized that, although she recognizes the historical significance of Maradona in football, she decided to make this event public to make visible the obstacles and situations of vulnerability that women face in sports journalism.
The story generated a wave of reactions on social networks, adding to the list of off-field controversies that marked the life of the former soccer player. Rojas seeks with her experience to open the debate about working conditions and the respect that professionals deserve in the sports field.
