In order for the institutions linked to football to give “a clear message” as a prevention against gender-based violence, the lawyer William Torremarconsidered that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) must deal with a standard that impede those players or members of the coaching staff who face legal proceedings go out on the pitch Advanced in crimes with gender-based violence.

“Institutions related to football must convey clear messages to society that gender-based violence is not acceptable, which should result in the issuing of their own law ordering that a defendant, in the advanced stage of the trial in which he finds himself, and while it takes place, can’t participate in the football show. It would be a way to prevent gender-based violence, “said Torremare, a masters in human rights and human rights and labor law attorney.

“The exceptional case is that of the attacker of Villa Boca Sebastian that in one case he has already set a date for the trial and in the other he has already been called to investigate, which means this there is enough evidence suspect that he is the perpetrator of the crimes he is accused of, “Torremare said.

“Villa is prosecuted in two cases, accused of having committed crimes with gender violence, and although until a conviction is issued the player is presumed innocent, at the same time the complaints exist and have entities in such a way that the Judicial Power is certain and today there are advanced criminal proceedings ”, he differentiated.

Among its foundations, Torremare highlighted the one that has to do with statistics on femicides. “Villa is a public figure and his team is one of the most followed in the country, the country in which he is registered almost a femicide a daywhich means that the fight against gender crimes requires the commitment of the institutions, which – at least in principle – should not be indifferent to the judicial processes that their members face for such crimes “, he distinguished.

“The responsibility of public figures who become idols of an important sector of society is greater than that of the common man, while there is an institutional responsibility of sports bodies, which is independent of any future criminal conviction”, he justified .

The situation of Villa

The defense of Villa asked this Wednesday for the postponement to June 30 of the investigation that is expected to be carried out next Friday in the case that accused him of sexual abuse of a young woman in a town of Canning, in June last year, they reported. sources.

The lawyer Martín Apolo, defender of Villa, presented a brief to the Prosecutor specialized in gender violence of Esteban Echeverría, in charge of Vanesa González, to postpone the investigation because he has two football commitments with his club Boca Juniors that will prevent him from being here I’m.

Is that even when accused of the crime of “sexual abuse with carnal access” of a 26-year-old girl, the xeneize forward has been called up by Boca coach Sebastián Battaglia to play the local league match against Unión on Friday at 20:30; and then he plans to travel to the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo to play the round of 16 match of the Copa Libertadores de América against Corinthians.

In fact, a San Martín prison judge has already granted him special permission to travel to Brazil next week, despite having a judicial impediment to leaving the country in another case that sees him accused – and on being brought. to oral proceedings – for gender-based violence against your former partner.

Villa’s defense request was rejected by the lawyer representing the victim, Roberto Castillotherefore prosecutor González has yet to decide whether to make room and postpone the investigation, scheduled for next Friday at 10:30.

The prosecutor instead asked for the date and time for the execution of a psychological assessment with psychodiagnosis on Villa, as part of the evidence that the judge of the Guarantees of San Martín Javier Maffucci Moore asked him when he rejected a request for the arrest of the Colombian .

On the 7th of this month, the prosecutor had requested the arrest of the marker citing the danger of escape pending the punishment for the crime of which he is accused, from 6 to 15 years of imprisonment, not subject to release from prison.

However, that request was rejected by Judge Maffucci Moore, who felt that the victim’s statement was not sufficient evidence to jail her and suggested that prosecutor González further investigate.

The complaint against Villa was filed in writing on 13 May in UFI 3 by Esteban Echeverría and three days later the complainant ratified it in person at the prosecutor’s office.

The victim said the event took place on the night of June 26, 2021 in the country “Cervo II” from the city of Canning, in Buenos Aires, where the footballer lived, and after a barbecue attended by other players of the xeneize team.

According to the complaint, Villa had consumed “a lot of alcohol” and began to berate him for suspecting that he liked them or that he had been with other players on campus.

After arguing, they both left their jobs and went to the player’s house together with a security guard and a friend of the player, and there, according to what she said, Villa locked her in a room, abused her. sexually and He tried to choke her.

This isn’t the only criminal case involving Villasince the Boca striker will be put on trial between 19 and 21 September next in another file that his former partner has started for the injuries and threats suffered in April 2020 in the house they shared in the city of Canning , in Buenos Aires.

Both the judicial sources and the lawyers of the complaint and defense confirmed that the hearings will take place before the Corrective Court 2 of Lomas de Zamora, against Claudia Dávalos, and the player will be accused of the crime of “Minor injuries aggravated by the constraint and mediation of gender-based violence and coercive threats” against his ex-partner Daniela Cortés, also Colombian.