Junior Benítez was sentenced to five years in prison for gender violence against his ex-partner, who committed suicide in January

Oscar Junior Benitezformer player of Boca and Lanús among others, was sentenced to five years in prison for gender violence against his ex-partner, Anabelia Ayala, and threats against the woman’s family, this Tuesday after hearing the judge’s sentence Antonio Miguel Balicki, of the Oral Penitentiary Court n. 8 by Lomas de Zamora. Ayala had committed suicide in January this year. “My cousin took her own life because she couldn’t take it anymore, she was exhausted both mentally and physically”, Belén Aldana García, the victim’s cousin, said on social media.

Benítez has been in prison since January for “Illegal possession of a firearm, damage and disobedienceThe family of the ex-partner who took his own life last New Year filed the complaint. The former player had already been sentenced to six months in prison for gender violence in March 2022.

The lawyer of the victim’s father, Rodrigo Tripolone, asked for a sentence of up to eight and a half years in prison. The events occurred between 2021 and 2023. The accusations are of damage, computer damage, threats, disobedience and illegal possession of a weapon of war.

The prosecutor of the trial, Marianna Monti, had said that Benítez was forbidden to approach Anabelia and her family, but the player never obeyed. “The defendants systematically disobeyed this order“he said. The first time they saw Benítez.

Benítez made his debut in Lanus in 2011 and played there until 2016, then made the leap to Portuguese football and Benfica It was his destiny. However, in 2017 he returned to Argentina to play Boca JuniorsLa Ribera never managed to settle into the club and left Juniors of Argentina in 2018.

After his experience with Insect He went to Atletico San Luis from Mexico and after two years he went to Dolphin from Ecuador. The Monte Grande native finished his career at Atlético Tucumán in 2021. He scored 15 goals in 235 games and his most important title was the South American Cup obtained with the Garnet in 2013