Soccer Star's Tot In Carjacking

Roma's French defender was held up at gunpoint by robbers who then sped off in his Mercedes. The player's two-year-old daughter, Eva, was still sleeping inside the car. The vehicle was later abandoned with the little girl sleeping inside. Mexes and his partner Carla had just arrived back at their luxury home in the Axa-Casal Palocco district between Rome and the ancient port city of Ostia when they were confronted by two armed men, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. Mexes, who has been at Roma since 2004, had a gun pointed to his head and a scuffle broke out before the armed men made off with his SUV Mercedes. Eva, however, was still inside the car, while Carla and son Enzo, 4, had both run into the house. The police and carabinieri were called and immediately went on the hunt for the stolen vehicle. A quarter of an hour... [read full story]