Viewers have been left reeling from the dramatic occasions uncovered in Netflix’s newest documentary The Footballer, His Spouse and the Crash.
Beforehand launched by ITV in 2022, the documentary follows the story of sportsman Jlloyd Samuel – who died in 2018 after a collision with a lorry led his Vary Rover to burst into flames.
Samuel performed within the Premier League between 1999 and 2010. He’s finest identified for a nine-year spell at Aston Villa, the place he made 169 Premier League appearances predominantly at left-back. He additionally represented England at youth stage earlier than switching to Trinidad and Tobago at senior stage, successful two senior worldwide caps.
Following Samuel’s loss of life, his spouse Emma Pritchard – who he shared three youngsters and lived with in Cheshire – was shocked to study the Premier League participant had married one other lady who he met whereas enjoying in Iran for Esteghlal in 2011.
In social media posts following his loss of life, singer Helia Sahimi referred to as Samuel “one of the best husband I may have ever requested for”. It later transpired Samuel had married Sahimi in 2013 – 5 years after he’d married Pritchard.
The participant’s first spouse advised the documentary: “I used to be attempting to grieve my husband and discover he has one other life. Who’s my husband – do I actually know him?”
Viewers of the The Footballer, His Spouse and the Crash documentary have been left equally dumbfounded. “This documentary is loopy. It’s insane how an individual can lead a double life so simply,” one individual wrote on X/Twitter, whereas one other added Samuel’s story is “wild”.
“I’m nonetheless speechless!” one other shocked fan wrote. “How do males do these items? Not solely dishonest in your spouse however marrying you facet chick in a complete new nation?”
Samuel reportedly transformed to Islam to marry Sahimi and launched her to Pritchard as a “fortune teller” when she flew over to go to him in Dubai. Pritchard solely uncovered the reality following Samuel’s loss of life when Helia posted about their relationship on social media.
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Following the footballer’s deadly crash in 2018, Samuel’s sister Leslie-Ann claimed his loss of life had been faked by Pritchard, regardless of a coroner ruling the physique belonged to the footballer.
Following an inquest in November 2019, Samuel was discovered to have been greater than twice the drink-driving restrict when his automotive veered onto the incorrect facet of the street and collided right into a lorry.
Sahimi nonetheless claims in The Footballer, His Spouse and the Crash she believes Samuel is just not useless. She advised the documentary: “I imagine my husband continues to be alive.”
