The big split between Sports Apparel giants Nike and football superstar Neymar could have been due to a sexual assault case. Reports suggest that contrary to the earlier stories that Neymar and Nike parted ways due to commercial interests, it's now emerged that the Brazilian superstar allegedly sexually assaulted a Nike employee while shooting a commercial. After Nike and its officials persuaded Neymar to be part of an investigation, the footballer refused and denied any wrongdoing. The alleged incident took place in 2016 but was reported to Nike in 2018 by the employee. Neymar after the split with Nike moved to another sports giant Puma for a multi-million dollar deal.