Four footballers of Argentine premier division membership, Velez Sarsfield, had been provisionally detained Monday in an investigation into allegations that they raped a girl in a resort room this month, the plaintiff’s lawyer mentioned.
The four—Uruguayan Sebastian Sosa, Paraguay’s Jose Florentin, and Argentines Braian Cufre and Abiel Osorio—were ordered held for 48 hours until a judge decides whether they need to remain under arrest pending the investigation. The detention order was here after a request by prosecutor Eugenia Maria Posse following a three-hour interview with the alleged sufferer.
In a press release broadcast on TV, the accuser’s lawyer, Patricia Neme, mentioned that there have been “adequate components to request pre-trial detention” because the four had “adequate means” to flee in the event that they needed to avoid trial.
A sports activities journalist alleged Sosa invited her to a resort room in Tucuman, Argentina, where the opposite three had been additionally ready. She mentioned she felt dizzy after just a few drinks, lay down on a mattress, and was then raped.
Velez Sarsfield, from Buenos Aires, announced in a press release Monday that it had suspended the four gamers and ordered an inside investigation. “The Membership reiterates its deepest concern concerning the reported occasions that are opposite to the rules and values of our establishment,” it mentioned. On Wednesday, a choice will be made to determine whether to increase the gamers’ detention.
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