Complaint to Vélez players: the complainant’s lawyer has provided details of the sexual abuse and will ask for a 20-year sentence

The complaint of a young woman from Tucumán against four players of the Velez for presumed sexual abuse It shook the sports field and more specifically the city of San Miguel de Tucumán. 24 hours after this allegation came to light, the complainant’s lawyer, Patrizia Nemeweighed in on the case, providing further information on the incident and the victim’s current status. “We are containing her; she left hurt and indignant,” the defender said.

According to Neme, the complainant – 24 years old and a journalist by profession – is experiencing a post traumatic stress as a consequence of the “aberrant event” and “is supported by the justice system, her family and friends to cope with the situation”. Neme said that contact occurred between the young woman and the Vélez players It all started at the José Fierro stadiumafter the draw between Atlético and Fortín.

There the players of the Liniers team contacted her by microphone and began to communicate instagram. Those indicated are Sebastiano Sosa, Brian Cufre, Abiel Osorio AND José Ignacio Florentin. Neme then provided more details on the sequence of events, including the young woman’s arrival at the hotel where the team was staying and her access to the room where the players were staying.

“The contact occurred in what is defined as a mixed area,” the lawyer said in statements to A24. “He invited her and she agreed, there was no talk of interviewing her at any time,” added Neme, who added that the young she found out about the other players’ presence once she arrived in the hotel room.

The lawyer also suggested that the victim suspects him, as she suspects she could have been drugged through an alcoholic drink, which caused him discomfort. Neme stressed that tests have been carried out, including toxicological ones, and the results are awaited.

“The four were permanently in the room,” the lawyer said, echoing the complaint filed by his client. And then he dared to say what sanction should fall on the players involved: “We will ask Justice for a 20-year sentence.”

Although the complainant was unable to give consent due to “feeling dizzy”, Neme said the young woman has some sporadic memories of the hours she spent in the room. “In a moment she sees that two defendants leave and go to the casino. After that, when she manages to recover a little, she calls an Uber and leaves all hurt, indignant,” she said. She noted that after the incident, Sosa continued to communicate with the victim, attempting to justify his abuse of her by calling it “a good time.”

The lawyer also revealed that the decision to press charges was made after a person trusted by the victim convinced her to do so. The case is currently in the preliminary investigation phase, with multiple pieces of evidence requested by both the defense and the Public Prosecutor.

This was explained by the employees of the Hilton hotel, where the Vélez players were staying Clarion that the establishment will not make any official statement regarding the matter. “The complaint is against the club (the players), not against the hotel,” they clarified. However, they clarified that the film material has already been delivered to the competent authorities and that these are at the disposal of Justice.

The complaint against the Vélez players

The complaint was presented by the victim in the context of Crimes against Persons. As Neme explained, Sosa invited the victim to the Hilton hotel. According to the story, after midnight, she arrived at the place and went to the archer’s room. There he discovered that there were also three other players: defender Braian Cufré, Paraguayan midfielder José Florentín and striker Abiel Osorio.

The footballers and the young girl shared cans of beer and fernet. But after a while the victim began to feel dizzy, so she lay down on one of the beds. The researchers do not rule out mixing the drink with some substance. According to her complaint, that was when the sexual abuse occurred “without any consent.” Around 5:30, when she started feeling better, she was able to order an Uber to go home.

After the complaint was filed, the case was transferred to the Sexual Integrity Crimes Unit III of the Prosecutor’s Office, headed by Prosecutor María Eugenia Posse. Furthermore, the protocol prepared for this type of crime was activated. It was ordered that rigorous examinations be carried out on the victim, that the items of clothing that the young woman had handed over at the time of the complaint be seized and that the filmed material be extracted from the Hilton cameras.