Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is denying he killed a rapper in a ritual sacrifice.
Ghana star Gyan felt the need to declare through a lawyer yesterday that there is no connection between him and the disappearance of Castro, a rapper from the country and his girlfriend.
The pair went missing in July during a vacation with the Gyan family. It was presumed they drowned after last being seen while using jet skis at a Ghanaian resort but the bodies were never located.
Gyan said through his lawyer Kissi Agyabeng: "We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations.
"In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up."
