Walewska’s husband vents after tragedy: ‘I can’t stop crying’

The entrepreneur Ricardo Mendeswho is the husband of the former volleyball player Walewska Oliveira, spoke again about the athlete’s tragic death. In conversation with columnist Fábia Oliveira, from the website Metrópoles, he talked about how he is feeling after the tragedy.

“It is the most difficult moment of my entire life. I can’t stop crying and thinking about her. I would never have thought she would be capable of this.”he stated, and added: “No reason in the world justifies someone taking their own life. He left me, father, mother, brother, friends, sister-in-law, nephews, fans… My God”.

Furthermore, he said that he has not yet had access to the farewell letter she left before falling from the 17th floor of the building where she lived, which is in the possession of the police. “They still haven’t given me the letter or her cell phone”he said.

In a recent interview with the website UOL, Ricardo Mendes told how he received the news of his wife’s death. “I arrived home after an intense day of work, I didn’t know that Wal had already arrived. The intercom rang, I didn’t answer it. Then came the messages on Whatsapp from the condominium group, until the manager rang the doorbell at my house to warn me of the tragedy. My floor opened and I fell apart”, he told UOL.

Then, he told about the night before the tragedy and what the atmosphere was between them. “She questioned me that I was strange and distant, I replied that I couldn’t continue where there was no more love between a man and a woman. She became introspective, stayed quiet and we went to sleep. We loved each other, I hoped she would accept the separation in a good way.“, said.

Walewska’s cause of death

Former volleyball player and Olympic champion Walewska passed away at the age of 43 on Thursday night, the 21st. She fell from the 17th floor of the building where she lived in São Paulo and her body was found on the first floor of the place. Rescuers were called to try to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Now, the police are investigating the circumstances of her death.

According to the police, she left a farewell letter on a sheet of paper and also drank alcohol. The building’s cameras recorded that Walewska went to the 17th floor alone and entered the residents’ leisure area at 4:05 pm.