Vélez players accused of abuse begin to leave prison: Florentín has already received house arrest

The midfielder José Ignacio Florentin, one of four Vélez footballers accused of sexually abusing a 24-year-old woman in San Miguel de Tucumán, served his first night under house arrest after leaving the police station where he was staying in the capital of Tucumán. His colleagues could follow the same path in the next few hours. Abiel Osorio AND Brian Cufrewho are awaiting the issuance of the judicial order ordering their transfer.

The Paraguayan’s departure from the police department occurred later payment of a bail of 50 million pesos that judge Eliana Gómez Moreira had set for the four players, according to the Doble Amarilla website. Anyway, Florentín will have to stay in a house in the province of Tucumán for the next 90 days., with an electronic anklet and awaiting the oral trial in which he will be charged. The same will happen for Osorio and Cufré once their transfer is finalized.

Both Florentín and Cufré are accused of aggravated sexual abuse for the participation of two or more people, a crime which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment or imprisonment, while The accusation of simple sexual abuse falls on Osorio and faces a sentence of up to 15 years.

The decision to grant house arrest to the three players was contested by both the defense and the plaintiff. “It wouldn’t seem right to me that they spend the rest of the trial in a house, in the country, with a swimming pool.with a soccer goal, having fun when my life was hell three weeks ago,” said the woman, whose statement was ignored.

The goalkeeper’s situation is different Sebastiano Sosaaccused as a secondary accomplice of the abuse and who on Wednesday, after having paid the bail of 50 million pesos, left the headquarters of the General Directorate of Investigations of San Miguel de Tucumán and he returned to his home in Buenos Aires.

“The only thing I have to say is that I have full faith in the Justice of Tucumán. I am innocent and all I want is for the truth to be known“, declared, after having regained his freedom, the Uruguayan guard, who will have to report every 15 days at the headquarters of the Judiciary of Tucuman and will be banned from leaving the country for 90 days.

The four Vélez players were arrested on Monday 18 March at the request of the prosecutor’s office Eugenia Maria 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 his players, The Vélez board of directors announced that it had decided to suspend the contracts of the four involved and the start of an internal summary to determine the definitive measures to be adopted.

“The club reiterates its deepest concern about the events reported, 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”, underlined the Velez management in a statement published on its official website.

The episode of which the four players are accused took place on March 3 in room 407 of the hospital Hotel Hilton San Miguel de Tucumanwhere the Vélez team was staying after the match that the team led by Gustavo Quinteros had drawn 0-0 against Atlético Tucumán in 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 up to the fourth floor and entered the footballer’s room. There, according to her accusation, Cufré, Osorio and Florentín abused her while the doorman slept.