The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 3 of the City of Buenos Aires, will receive this Wednesday the employee of Bocaand brother of the president, Cristian Riquelme and to the member of Football Council of the club Raúl Casciniwho were summoned to testify in a case investigating the cover-up of Jorge Bermudez y Marcelo Delgado.
The building on Paraguay Street will be the setting in which the case that arose from which the former Boca women’s soccer coach was convicted will continue. Jorge Martinez, for the crime of sexual abuse. The prosecutor Marcelo Rome investigates whether the members of the Council accused of false testimony actually committed this crime to cover the coach.
Since 9, Riquelme and Cascini They will provide their testimonial statement, which will serve to determine whether Bermúdez and Delgado lied during the oral trial in which Martínez was convicted, by saying that they learned about the case through the media.
In April Martínez was sentenced to one year in prison for simple sexual abusea cause that began after the complaint of Florencia Marco, a woman who worked at the club as press manager for the women’s team.
At the trial A witness indicated that “Riquelme’s brother” was aware of the abuse and had not acted accordingly. This explains the presence of the relative of the club president, while the summons to “Mosquito” is due to a series of chats from the Football Council that complicate both the “Patrón” and the “Chelo”.
There is an ongoing investigation to determine whether the members of the Football Council and the Boca Board of Directors covered up for Martínez to avoid his conviction.
According to the evidence they have in the Prosecutor’s Office, Bermudez and Delgado They would have exchanged dialogues on WhatsApp with the victim before the case came to justice, however in their statement they claimed to find out about the situation when the complaint became public.
“The story of these witnesses was full of contradictions and lies, such as the case of the two members of the Soccer Council, Jorge Bermúdez and Marcelo Delgado., who stated that they had learned about the abuse and harassment from the press. The victim, Florencia Marco, stated that the three members of the Soccer Council, Bermúdez, Delgado and Raúl Cascini, were informed of the situation of abuse and harassment towards her and other players,” Andrea Lucangioli, lawyer for the victim.
Marco, who has been with the club for 12 years, reported his case internally and after not finding answers or receiving ambiguities, he turned to Justice and has been on leave since then.
“There is a report made by the Club’s Inclusion Department, regarding the abuse and harassment of Jorge Martínez. This highlights the pact of chivalry between the boys, as they call themselves, where one acts as the main author of the act and the others as accessory accomplices,” said the lawyer.