Racism complaint against Ramírez in Brazil is filed

The Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) of Brazil filed this Thursday for lack of evidence the complaint against the Colombian midfielder Juan Pablo ‘l’Indien’ Ramírez, for an alleged act of racial insult against the player of the Flamengo Gerson.

The investigating judge in the case, Mauricio Fonseca, indicated that Gerson and his colleagues Bruno Henrique and Natan, called as witnesses, “did not appear in court nor did they express their interest in testifying by videoconference” .

In this sense, “without archives proving the facts and their materiality” and only with the “isolated word of Gerson, which was considered by the collegiate, but which in itself does not authorize the continuation of the complaint”, the STJD decided to archive the case occurred on December 20.

Gerson Flamengo to battu Bahía de Ramírez 4-3.

In one of the many discussions that took place during the match at the Maracana stadium, Gerson accused the Colombian player of derogatingly saying “shut up, black”, a situation which led the former Roma player to to file a complaint with the police.

Ramírez, who was separated from Bahia for a few days due to the situation, recorded a video in which he denied the charges and even accused Bruno Henrique of an alleged xenophobic act after calling him “shit” after the incident with Gerson.

At the Rio de Janeiro police station where Gerson filed a complaint a day after the incident, Bruno Henrique and Natan said they had not heard the Colombian utter the insult with the words quoted by his partner.

However, the police concluded the investigations last week, saw evidence of a racial crime committed by Ramírez against Gerson, sent the complaint to the public prosecutor, who will determine whether or not to accept it to continue the process in the civil sphere, regardless of whether it was filed in sports.

After the concept of the civilian police and before the decision of this Thursday of the STJD, Bahia, one of the leading clubs in the fight against discrimination in Brazil, issued a statement in which he supported his player after “spending a month without further evidence being provided “to the complaint.

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