Midfielder
José Ignacio Florentín
, one of the four Vélez soccer players accused of sexually abusing a 24-year-old woman in San Miguel de Tucumán, served his first night of house arrest after leaving the police station where he was housed in the capital of tucumán The same path could be followed in the next few hours by his colleagues
Abiel Osorio
and
Braian Cufré
, who hope that the judicial document ordering his transfer will be issued.
The Paraguayan's departure from the police station occurred after the
payment of a bond of 50 million pesos
that Judge Eliana Gómez Moreira had set for the four soccer players, according to the Doble Amarilla site. In any case,
Florentín must remain for the next 90 days in a home in the province of Tucumán
, with an electronic anklet and waiting for the oral trial that will have him as a defendant. The same will happen with Osorio and Cufré once their transfer is completed.
Both Florentín and Cufré are accused of sexual abuse aggravated
by the participation of two or more people, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison or confinement, while
Osorio is charged with simple sexual abuse
and could face a sentence up to 15 years.
The decision to grant house arrest to the three players had been objected to by both the defense and the complainant. “
It wouldn't seem fair to me that they spend the remainder of the trial in a house, in a country house, with a swimming pool
, with a soccer goal, having a good time when my life has been hell for three weeks,” alleged the woman, whose claim was unheard
The situation of goalkeeper
Sebastián Sosa
is different , who is accused of being a secondary participant in the abuse and on Wednesday, after paying the bond of 50 million pesos, he left the headquarters of the General Directorate of Investigations of San Miguel de Tucumán and
He returned to his home in Buenos Aires
.
Goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa regained his freedom on Wednesday. Photo: Courtesy of La Gaceta / Juan Pablo Sánchez Noli.
“The only thing I have to say is that I fully trust the Justice of Tucumán.
“I am innocent and the only thing I want is for the truth to be known
,” said the Uruguayan guard after regaining his freedom, who must appear every 15 days at a headquarters of the Tucuman Judiciary and will be prohibited from leaving the country for 90 days.
The four Vélez players had been arrested on Monday, March 18 at the request of prosecutor
Eugenia María Posse
after a hearing in which the complainant testified for more than three hours using the Gesell camera procedure. Two days later, Judge Lucas Taboada ratified the measure.
A few hours after the arrest of its footballers,
the Vélez Board of Directors announced that it had resolved to suspend the
employment contracts of the four involved and initiate an internal summary to determine the definitive measures to be adopted.
“The club reiterates its deepest concern about the reported events, which are clearly contrary to the principles and values of our institution. We continue to be at the disposal of Justice so that the facts can be clarified,” the Velez leadership emphasized in a statement published on its official website.
The incident for which the four players are accused occurred on March 3 in room 407 of the
Hilton Hotel in San Miguel de Tucumán
, where the Vélez team was staying after the match that the team led by Gustavo Quinteros had tied 0 to 0 with Atlético Tucumán for the eighth round of the Professional League Cup.
According to the investigation, the complainant contacted Sosa and they agreed to meet at the Hilton Hotel. After bypassing the controls, the woman went to the fourth floor and entered the soccer player's room. There, according to the accusation, she was abused by Cufré, Osorio and Florentín while the goalkeeper was sleeping.