Former Pumas player receives conditional release in alleged case of sexual abuse in Argentina – 2024-03-29 16:14:15

The Uruguayan goalkeeper Sebastian Sosa He was the only one of four players in the Velez Sarsfieldof the Argentine league, to be released on conditional release, after a judge ordered the house arrest of his teammates Braian Cufré, Abiel Osorio and José Florentín in a case of alleged sexual abuse that is being investigated in Argentina.

Judge Eliana Gómez Moreira issued preventive detention to the Argentine and Paraguayan players, who must serve it at the address they set in the northern province of Tucumán for 90 days, until the start of the trial.

Sosa was the only one who received conditional release

For his part, the former Pumas de México player was released on conditional release and the judge ordered that the Uruguayan can continue residing in Buenos Aires. However, He will not be able to leave the country for three months and must appear before the Tucumán justice system every 15 days.

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In addition to this, each of the players must pay a bail of 50 million pesos (more than 57,000 dollars) and will not be able to approach the alleged victim, who is a young journalist whose identity has not been made public knowledge.

The alleged victim reported having been raped by the four players on March 3 in a hotel in Tucumán, hours after Vélez’s draw against local Atlético de Tucumán in the Argentine league.

The players, who have denied the charges, were removed from the squad after the complaint became known and, Vélez subsequently suspended their contracts.

According to the complainant, Sosa was the one who made the first approach through messages on her Instagram account, inviting her to the Hilton hotel. She accepted and went “directly to room 407, where the player was already waiting for her.” It was then that they abused her without her consent.

Cufré and Florentín are accused of sexual abuse with carnal access aggravated by the participation of two or more people. In Osorio’s case, he was charged with sexual abuse with carnal access. As for Sosa, he would have only had a secondary participation in the alleged abuse and for that reason he was released.