Man Utd star Andre Onana’s wife is ‘devastated’ and has axed travel plans after being ‘robbed of £62k handbag and Rolex’
ANDRE ONANA’S wife Melanie Kamayou was left “devastated” and axed her travel plans after being ‘robbed’ of her £62,000 handbag and Rolex watch.
Melanie, who has been married to Onana for over two years, reportedly had her high-value bling snatched outside an Italian restaurant in Cheshire on March 29.
The self-proclaimed businesswoman and philanthropist was left “devastated” according to a source close to Onana and his wife.
SunSport understands that Melanie was set to fly to Cameroon the day after the robbery in order to supervise a business she runs in the African county, but was forced to cancel her plans to leave the UK after the ordeal.
The model had been out for a meal before leaving the country when she was robbed of her £62,000 Hermes Birkin bag and Rolex watch.
A source told SunSport: “The whole episode has left her devastated as she was due to travel back home the next day.
“Now she has wait and get to the bottom of this issue.”
Liam Ross, 25, from the Wibsey area of Bradford, has been charged with the high-value robbery, the Daily Mail reports.
The alleged thief is claimed to have taken the ultra-luxury designer goods in the heart of the picturesque Cheshire village.
Ross appeared before Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, also facing a charge of supplying cannabis.
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He’s due back in court at Chester Crown Court in May.
Melanie, who went public with her relationship with Onana in 2019, is a social media star with nearly 72,000 Instagram followers, as well as holding a doctorate in Pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the United States.
While she also works as the co-chair for Onana’s charity supporting children – the Andre Onana Foundation.
Melanie and Onana did have to go through some turbulence together in 2021 when the goalkeeper was wrapped up in a doping controversy.
While still at Ajax, Onana was found to have taken banned substance furosemide and slapped with a year-long ban by Uefa.
However, that ban was reduced to just nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he insisted he accidentally took one of Melanie’s pregnancy medicine pills instead of a headache tablet.
In an interview with The Players’ Tribune Onana said: “A lot of people saw the headlines. ‘Onana? Oh, he got banned for taking drugs. He’s a cheat, an addict’.
“Even after everything that came out — the CAS statement and the rest — it’s a stain on my name.”
Melanie stood by Onana throughout that period and the pair still remain strong to this day.
The couple now live in Alderley Edge, a magnet for Premier League stars past and present, nicknamed the “Knightsbridge of the North”.