Neymar and Nike split ways last year as the company investigated an allegation of sexual assault against one of its employees. 

A female employee told friends and colleagues that Neymar tried to force her to have oral sex with him in his hotel room while in New York City for a Nike event in 2016. The employee filed a complaint in 2018, and Nike hired an outside law firm to investigate the matter in 2019, ultimately deciding to stop featuring him in its marketing amid the investigation.

Neymar and Nike officially ended its 15-year partnership in 2020 with him later signing with Puma.

"Nike ended its relationship with the athlete because he refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation of credible allegations of wrongdoing by an employee," Hilary Krane, Nike's general counsel, told the Journal.

Neymar also faced an allegation of rape in 2019, which was dismissed due to a lack of evidence.