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Alan Ruschel, survivor of the accident, sued Chapecoense – International Football – Sports

The side Alan Ruschel, one of the three footballers who survived the aerial tragedy suffered by the Chapecoense In 2016 in Colombian territory, he sued the Brazilian club before the Labor Court, as announced this Thursday by his lawyer.

Ruschel, who on Wednesday was presented as the new reinforcement of América de Belo Horizonte, a team that will play this season in the First Division, filed a legal action against him on the same day. Chapecoense for moral damages, back wages, image rights and delay in receiving insurance for the 2016 accident.

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“The accident was in 2016 and the families received (the value of the insurance) five days later. Alan only received it in 2019 because he spent his time doing the skills” required to collect the money, lawyer Marijú Ramos Maciel told the UOL Esporte portal. , famous for representing various players in Brazil and other countries.

The club from the southern city of Chapeco, in the state of Santa Catarina, stated that since he had not yet been officially notified of the lawsuit, established in Belo Horizonte, will not be pronounced for the moment.

“The accident was in 2016 and the families received (the insurance value) five days later. Alan only received it in 2019 because he spent his time doing research”

The value of the demand, with the monetary correction, amounts to 3.38 million reais (about 643,196 dollars).

“One regrets having to enter an action before the Labor Justice, because it was never expected to come to this. But the traumas were great, we did not think about the idea of ​​having to remove all that again (the tragedy). conciliation) anyway, but no progress was made, “lamented the lawyer.

The 31-year-old finished as captain in the campaign that gave them the 2020 Serie B title and ended this year, but did not renew with Chapecoense and then accepted an offer from the Belo Horizonte Cruise, which will be this year again in the second division. However, Cruzeiro decided to hand it over to its neighbor America to play the Serie A of the Brazilian League, which begins this week.

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The accident that decimated Chapecoense occurred on November 28, 2016 when the plane in which the team traveled to Medellín, to play the final of the Copa Sudamericana against the National Athletic It crashed 17 kilometers before reaching the airport in the Colombian city of Rionegro.

In the tragedy, 71 of the 77 people who were in the aircraft of the Bolivian airline Lamia died, including crew members, players, members of the management and coaching staff, as well as a score of journalists who accompanied the club in its first final of an international tournament.

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