Following the death of Ivorian footballer, Cheick Tiote who died in training at his new club in China, reports have indicated that the footballer was involved in some volatile issues before his death.
According to reports, the footballer who slumped in training had wives and mistresses fighting over him.
Tiote, before his death was reported to be a troubled man as his home was reported to be on fire following the constant fight between the footballer’s wife in the UK, Madah who bore him two children and his other wife in Cote’Ivoire, Doukrou Laeticia along with his baby mama, Nkosiphile Mpofu.
A source close to the footballer noted that the three women were battling over him before his death.
Daily Mail had in 2014 reported: “A married Premier League footballer who already has three children by his wife and mistress has just taken a second bride in his native Cote’Ivoire. (pictured with second wife, Doukrou Laeticia )
Cheick Tiote, 28, who earns £45,000 a week playing for Newcastle United, reportedly wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony earlier this month, saying taking another wife was ‘nothing unusual’ given he is a Muslim.
But news of the second wedding came as a surprise to his first wife, Madah, 25, who is said to have only found out about it on Facebook. Madah, who lives with Tiote and their two children in a £1.5m house in a village outside Newcastle, reportedly fainted with shock when she saw the photographs of her husband marrying another woman.
Meanwhile the midfielder also has a one-year-old child with mistress, 33-year-old Zimbabwean Nkosiphile Mpofu, known as Nikki.”
The deceased’s agent however, today, confirmed reports he had got married for a second time.
Jean Musampa said: “I can say that he did get married and that it is his second marriage. This is nothing unusual. He is a Muslim.”
A source further told The Sun: “He doesn’t see a problem with having two wives. It’s perfectly acceptable in his culture. He doesn’t see he has done anything wrong and doesn’t know what the fuss is all about.”
An Ivorian news outlet further reported that the footballer’s first wife, Madah, was not aboard with his polygamous lifestyle.
iMatin, the news website reported that Madah found out about the second wife through social media.
Madah was reported to have also fainted after finding photos of her husband with another woman during their wedding.