There is always a risk living your life in the public eye and James Rodriguez is currently feeling the burn. It is being reported that the soccer star has allegedly received death threats via social media.
According to FOX News Latino, the Colombian soccer star has been receiving death threats via Twitter. The threats have not been going directly to him, but through his mother.
Pilar Rubio, Rodriguez’s mother, recently shared a photo of a box containing a gun and bullets with a handwritten note that she said was sent to her private Twitter account.
“What is this?” Rubio asked on Twitter when she shared the image. “People are crazy, they write me a message that it’s better to see him dead.”
She claims that she and the soccer star received those threats after the Real Madrid player pulled out of the Colombian squad for its 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Uruguay after suffering an injury to his left calf.
“I am traveling to your house armed, Say good-bye to everything you love,” one of the messages she shared said. Another read, “Want to see how James would look dead?”
Rubio’s account is private but the image has already made its way around online. Twitter has since closed the accounts involved.
The handwritten note in the image reads, “James Rodriguez, Legion Holk is watching you.” The messages were sent by the account @FrekeMan.
Legion Holk already has a reputation for cyber-piracy and aggressive messaging towards public figures in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Venezuela.
Rodriguez’s father, ex-soccer player Wilson Rodríguez, told Caracol Radio in Colombia that he doesn’t know all the details about the alleged threats and that they probably started with fans. He said they are waiting to hear from authorities.
Rodriguez has yet to speak publicly about the threats. He is currently working on getting better to return to the sport he loves.
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