“It disgusts me”, president of Argentina on the case of Sebastián Villa

Colombian striker Sebastián Villa continues to be the center of a controversy, after it became known a week ago that a woman denounced him for alleged sexual abuse and attempted murder at a private dinner they had.

The 21-year-old woman assured that the player hit her, to which she reacted and scratched him to defend herself. “The player began to abuse me, hitting me a few times and covering my mouth with his hand, at which time I made some scratches as a result of wanting to get out of that situation, ”says a fragment of the complaint.

After that, relatives and friends of the alleged victim confirmed the facts in court, offering their testimony against the player. The two brothers and a friend of the affected agreed in their speech regarding what was delivered by the affected after the alleged events.

The three people testified against Villa before prosecutor Vanesa González. “We went to a barbecue in Ezeiza and then to Sebastián Villa’s house (…) we were there drinking, Sebastián drinking whiskey (…). I left, my friend wrote to me later, she told me to go back home. Villa claimed that she was with his teammates (from Boca Juniors, at the barbecue), he made a scene of jealousy”, said the friend of the complainant in statements delivered by the media 442.

The victim’s brothers also corroborated how affected their sister is both physically and psychologically. “I noticed his swollen face, on his neck he had a kind of squeeze, like when you squeeze and your skin is marked”, Said the older brother, who also assured that the Colombian soccer player offered money to silence the complaints.

The case generated such a stir in Argentina that even the President of the Republic, Alberto Fernández, pronounced himself rejecting and repudiating the player’s action. “What I think about the sexual submission of a woman by the decision of a man, disgusts me, deep disgust”, said the Argentine president at the outset in statements to the newspaper Ole.

“There is no possibility of admitting, or understanding, or explaining, or justifying that someone because of their sex submits to another. Of this I am absolutely sure, it cannot be that in the 21st century this happens, and when it happens we have to put ourselves on the side of the victim, definitely, that’s what I feelFernandez added.

Villa defends himself

The player took advantage of his birthday to break the silence and refer to the issue that has caused so much controversy in Argentine football, since many journalists, fans and people close to football They criticize that the Boca Juniors club continues to support the Colombian soccer player, so much so that they left a congratulatory message on the club’s official social networks for his birthday.

“Today is a special day in every way possible. The best thing is to be with those who love us, support us and never fail us. Always family and friends, in the good times and not so good times, although sometimes it’s complicated “, Sebastián Villa wrote in a photo that he uploaded with his mother on his official Instagram account, regarding his birthday and referring to the personal moment that the Antioquian is going through.

However, the message did not end there and there was a phrase that annoyed social network users much more, who criticized Villa’s attitude towards the accusations of gender violence that he has received in recent months.

“The wolf will always be bad if the one who tells the story is Little Red Riding Hood, right?” Said the Boca Juniors footballer in what is understood to be that he does not feel guilty about the accusations he has received.