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Uruguay and a complaint of sexual harassment in the Copa América

It is about a member of the Uruguayan security team who harassed a Conmebol staff at the concentration hotel in Cuiabá, Brazil. The UAF has already removed him from office.

A reprehensible and unacceptable act tarnished the image of the selection of Uruguay on the America Cup, just before the match against Chile, another of the cast that is involved in a scandal, for the third date of Group A. It is that a member of the Uruguayan delegation security was denounced for sexual harassment, detained and removed from his position.

The suspect is 45 years old and allegedly harassed a woman (46) who was hired as a security guard for Conmebol at the hotel in Cuiabá, Brazil, where the bubble of the combined Oscar Washington Tabárez, as reported by the sports portal Ge Globo.


After the call to the police by the hotel management, the victim explained that the aggressor asked her for a kiss, placed bills in one of her coat pockets and took her by the arm. Although the scene was detected by the security cameras, the Uruguayan employee denied the facts but maintained that they were only talking.

The victim immediately went to the Center for Attention to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence of Cuiabá and referred to a custody hearing in the capital, while the aggressor was fined for harassment and sexual harassment.


The statement of the AUF (Uruguay) after the complaint of sexual harassment to a member of the security

Press Release Uruguay-Complaint-Sexual Harassment

The Uruguayan delegation in the Copa América

  • 26 footballers.
  • 5 members of the coaching staff, including assistants and physical trainers.
  • 2 doctors.
  • 3 health assistants.
  • 3 equipiers.
  • 2 security officers.
  • 1 chef.
  • 1 sports manager.
  • 1 administrative.
  • 1 audiovisual producer.
  • 2 performance analysts.
  • 2 physical evaluators.
  • 1 press officer.
  • 4 leaders of the AUF Executive.
  • 1 representative of the Mutual of Professional Footballers.
  • 1 representative of the Interior Football Organization.


The Conmebol statement after the complaint of sexual harassment to a member of the Uruguayan security

Communiqué-Conmebol-Complaint-Sexual Harassment-Uruguay

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