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A documentary about a Premier League star who allegedly led a double life with a second wife he met in Iran has left viewers gobsmacked.
The show tells the story of Jlloyd Samuel, who played for Aston Villa and Bolton in the Premier League in the 2000s before leaving for Iran.
Samuel also spent time on loan at Gillingham and Cardiff, and when he returned from Iran, he joined Egerton as a player-manager.
However, he died in May 2018 aged 37 when his Range Rover collided with a van after he had dropped his children off at school.
His life and death were recorded in the 2022 ITV documentary 'The Footballer, His Wife, and the Crash,' and it landed on Netflix a few days ago.
Fans have been left stunned by a documentary about ex-Premier League player Jlloyd Samuel (pictured with former wife Emma Pritchard)
Samuel starred for Aston Villa and Bolton in the Premier League in the 2000s but died aged 37 after a car crash
'The Footballer, His Wife, and the Crash' alleges that Samuel lived a double life with a second wife in Iran, where he finished his playing career (pictured with former wife Emma Pritchard)
Fans have been left flabbergasted by the revelations in the documentary, which originally aired on ITV in 2022
In the documentary, his ex-wife Emma Pritchard claims that Samuel had 'another life' in Iran with a second wife, for whom he converted to Islam to marry.
'I was trying to grieve my husband and find he has another life. Who is my husband - do I really know him?' she said.
Pritchard had even met the other women on a trip to Dubai, but she had introduced herself as a fortune teller.
This second wife was singer Helia Sahimi, who once called Samuel 'the best husband I could have ever asked for'.
Emma, mother of Samuel's three kids, was said to be in shock after learning of their relationship.
'That Jlloyd Samuel Netflix documentary was wild!' wrote one user on X.
'Jlloyd Samuel is no longer here to answer the many questions.. it's a crazy situation,' said one.
'This Jlloyd Samuel documentary on Netflix quickly gets bizarre and then just gets even more bizarre,' one commented.
Second wife and singer Helia Sahimi (pictured) called him 'the best husband I could have ever asked for' among a string of posts on her Instagram
Another wrote: 'Has anyone seen the Jlloyd Samuel doc on Netflix? What an utterly mental double life he was leading. Tragic ending but crikey if it was a Hollywood script it would be considered far fetched.'
'The Footballer, His Wife, and the Crash' is available to stream on Netflix.
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