After Velez Sarsfield confirm the goalkeeper’s dismissal Sebastian Sosainvolved together with his colleagues Brian Cufré, José Florentín and Abel Osorio in the case of alleged sexual abuse of a journalist in a hotel in Tucumán, the Uruguayan made, through his Instagram social network account (@sebauruguayo1), an announcement about his professional future.
“We decided with the Vélez Sarsfield Club to terminate the contract. I think it was the most convenient for both parties. “This way I will be able to start another stage in an Argentine club,” was the message published by the 37-year-old goalkeeper, born in Montevideo. The possibility of continuing his career in Argentine soccer after such an accusation is a situation that surprised many.
The news of Liniers’ separation from the club was announced yesterday, three weeks after the goalkeeper was released on bail. Of course, this week Sosa was once again in the eye of the storm for starring in a controversial celebration at the La Candelaria ranch in the Lobos district, province of Buenos Aires. According to him he specified The Gazette of Tucuman, Stephani Correa, Sosa’s partner, was in charge of publishing postcards from the event on her Instagram account. As the photographs showed, the Fortín goalkeeper’s family celebrated the birthday of his son Bastián. Likewise, the Tucumán newspaper details, he carried out the baptism ceremony for the two-year-old boy.
What is the complaint that weighs on the Vélez players?
On March 6, a woman appeared with her lawyer at a police station in Tucumán, where she lives, to report that the previous Saturday she was at the Atlético de Tucumán field because the local team was facing Vélez for a new date for the Cup. of the Professional Soccer League, when she was contacted for the first time by Sosa.
The young woman reported that later, around 10 p.m., the goalkeeper invited her through a message on his Instagram social network to go to the Hilton Hotel, located on Piedras and Miguel Lillo streets. The professional soccer team stayed there before returning to Buenos Aires. The young woman arrived at room 407 after 0:30 on Sunday.
There he met Sosa and three other soccer players, Cufré (27 years old), Osorio (21) and Florentín Bobadilla (27), with whom he shared an unknown number of alcoholic beverages. It was then that “without any consent they sexually abused her,” according to the text of the first complaint made at police headquarters.
On March 27, the now former Vélez goalkeeper was released after Justice accepted the payment of a bond of 50 million pesos. One of the requirements that the footballer must meet while the investigation progresses is to establish an address. He, too, will not be able to leave the country for 90 days without prior judicial authorization and, every 15 days, he will have to appear at the prosecutor’s office of that province. “I fully trust the Justice of Tucumán,” said Sosa after regaining his freedom.
Likewise, the Tucumán Justice ordered house arrest for 90 days for Cufré, Osorio and Florentín Bobadilla, the other three athletes accused of having sexually abused the journalist. It was Judge Eliana Gómez Moreira who issued the release order for Sosa to leave her place of detention and return to Buenos Aires.