Why Sebastián Villa plays against Deportiva Pereira in Boca despite the trial for gender violence

The trial against Sebastian villa after his compatriot’s complaint Daniela Cortés, who accuses him of it injuries aggravated by the band and by mediating gender violence and coercive threats.

This time the prosecutor Sergio Anauti made his plea and closed and asked for two years and three months in prison for parole. The Colombian arrived at 10 a.m. with his lawyer and his mother at the Correctional Court No. 3 of Lomas de Zamora, so Boca’s training was lost. However, as has already happened in other hearings, Jorge Almirón gives him the freedom to deal with the case and then return to the squad.

“It is essential that this cause is appreciated that there was violence in all its forms against women”said Anauti. In addition to expressing that the striker generated violence with fist bumps caused by alcohol and jealousy.

In the last session, Villa had said: “I have never committed any of the crimes of which I am accused,” but that’s about itto be seen in the coming weeks.

Villa’s story of gender violence complaints

It is not the only complaint the Colombian has against him. In the middle of In May 2022, a woman whose name was not disclosed sued him for “sexual assault and attempted murder” for events that took place in June 2021.

Despite the existence of both files and the fact that Boca had (and still has) an up-to-date protocol for this kind of situation, the striker remained a regular starting player in Sebastián Battaglia’s team and did not receive any form of internal sanction from the club. who decided to maintain an absolutely passive position in the face of the situation.

Even Juan Román Riquelme had to explain, after the wave of criticism he received for saying that the attacker’s attitude is “as a professional to take his hat off” and that the complaints are “another matter”, they concluded in La Ribera to put aside the issue until there is a legal solution: “We all hate the issue, we reject it, it annoys us. There are legal people from the club who are dealing with it. Let’s wait and see what Justice says, we all think the same. If it dictates, the club will take the measures it needs to take accordingly.”

With this determination, the Xeneize silently decided to validate in silence, leaving everything in the hands of the times of justice that are far from those of the victims and those of society.

However, Boca’s passive position was met with internal resistance: the brand new manager of the AFA’s Department of Equity and Gender, Paula Ojeda, came out to publicly request that the assailant be removed from campus. “The club must separate Villa. The clubs are not fair, but if there is an allegation, it is important that management separate the player to make the victim’s guidance visible and set an example,” he said.

In dialogue with the Clarín newspaper, the leader explained: “If there is an allegation of gender violence, the institution must separate it and not let it go to court until the judicial situation is resolved. Girls, boys and adolescents should not shout the goals reported people. The management of the club does not lead by example”.

In any case, Ojeda clarified that they cannot make a formal request from the mother house of Argentine football for an internal punishment of the player: “The clubs have autonomy in their decisions, but they should think about it better.”