A tennis star who quit the sport to become a lingerie model has clarified her decision to move to America amid claims she ‘ran away’ after failing to pay six months of rent.
Camila Giorgi announced her retirement in May amid rumours that the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) had been unable to get hold of her for two months
The model, who has 730,000 followers on Instagram, was then accused of failing to pay rent and removing ‘half the furniture’ from a rented villa in Calenzano, near Florence, by her aggrieved former landlord.
However, now, Giorgi has reappeared on a television channel to explain her version of events regarding her alleged escape.
‘I lived a little in Italy and a little in the United States. We stayed in Miami for 3 years. I would like to stay there forever, but I often return to Italy, I just don’t like to talk about what I do and it seems like I’m hiding… Now I’m happy, I’m where I would like to be.’
After months of uncertainty over her location, her lawyer Edmondo Tomaselli also claimed she did not ‘run away’.
Mr Tomaselli told Mail Sport that Giorgi also denies the allegations made by her former landlord.
The former world No 26 is said to have removed ‘half the furniture’ from the rented villa in Calenzano, near Florence, by her aggrieved former landlord.
As per La Repubblica, via Corriere della Serra, this included a number of expensive items including rugs and antique tables.
‘Not only did they leave without saying anything with six months of unpaid rent,’ the villa’s owner told the Italian outlet, ‘but they made half of our furniture disappear.
