Former soccer star shrugs off mugshot affair
FORMER Bafana Bafana and Bidvest Wits goalkeeper Wayne Roberts has elected to move past the embarrassment he faced when a photograph, purporting to be a police mugshot taken after an arrest for alleged drug possession, was widely circulated on social media a few days ago.
The former South African junior international‚ who has also played for Orlando Pirates‚ said yesterday he was no longer seeking legal advice after the image of someone with a striking resemblance to him was posted online.
The photograph went viral on social media, but Roberts said he had decided to drop the matter.
“That incident was a small thing, done by small people, but it is in the past and I have moved on with my life‚” he said.
“I don’t want to talk about the matter any more – the whole week I have been talking about the same thing over and over again.”
Roberts, 40, said he was working for a Cape Town carpentry company and was happier than he had been while playing professional soccer.
“I am enjoying my life now because I don’t have the stress.
“When I was playing football‚ I never [had] space to myself, but at the moment I am enjoying every moment of my life.”
Roberts never fulfilled his potential as one of the best goalkeepers in the country.
He called his present job a huge source of comfort. – TimesLIVE