• First day: The three players deny having had relations with the minor who denounced them

The minor who denounced three former players of La Arandina CF has maintained this Friday that the defendants sexually assaulted her and that, in addition, they were perfect connoisseurs of her condition as a minor , despite the fact that the aforementioned not only denied the first day of the trial having had sex with her but also that they were aware that she was not of legal age.

On the second day of the trial that follows in the Audience of Burgos against the three defendants, the complainant has pointed to the occupants of the bench as those who on November 24, 2017 sexually assaulted her on the floor they shared in Aranda de Duero. The minor has declared after a screen so as not to have to visually confront the three alleged aggressors, for whom the Prosecutor's Office asks for penalties that add 118 years in prison, accusing each of sexual assault and being a necessary collaborator in sexual assault committed by the other two.

They have also declared the girl's mother and father to explain how they saw her the days after November 24, 2017, when the alleged sexual assaults allegedly occurred. In addition, the child has clarified that before leaving the apartment on November 24, the young men threatened her to tell her nothing , while her parents have clarified that it took a few days to report because her daughter took time to tell them what happened and because she herself minor did not want to do so not to harm the players.

"Ratified the same old version"

As explained at the end of the second day Luis Antonio Calvo, lawyer of Clara Campoamor, a collective that acts as a popular accusation, the statement of the minor has served to "ratify the version that has always been maintaining" and that it had been "very coherent" , hence this lawyer considers it "sufficient proof that the events occurred as she says".

The popular prosecutor has revealed that the alleged victim, very affected, has had to interrupt his testimony twice , without at any time, in his opinion, incurring any contradiction, even when he has maintained that his three alleged aggressors, RCH , CCS 'Lucho' and VRR, 'Viti', knew perfectly their status as a minor.

"He says they knew he was 15 years old because he had told Carlos expressly, through Instagram and verbally . His mother has also said that one day he told two of them in a bar that was close to home, since they were neighbors ", added the lawyer of Clara Campoamor, who has stressed that the child did not want to harm the three young people, although" then he has gradually realized what happened and now all he asks is Justice".

Calvo understands that the victim's incriminating testimony is "essential because it relates how the events happened , how he was subjected to sexual assault by the three defendants," while the parents of the minor, whose statement has been very brief, would be reference witnesses since they only know what she told them afterwards.

Along the same lines, the victim's lawyer, Patricia Ortiz, has stated that it has been "a very hard morning" since there have been three hours of declaration in which "the girl has told in detail all that they made him at home . " Today's session had to be suspended twice when the president of the court understood "that the victim was not in a position to testify due to his nervousness." For Patricia Ortiz, "the evidence used attests the facts denounced" to what has insisted that it has been "a very hard morning for the child", which has been separated from those accused by a bulkhead to avoid seeing them.

The defense: "Pretty theatricalization"

For his part, Rafael Uriarte, a lawyer for VRR, known as 'Viti', has said that "the innocence of the kids is reaffirmed" since the witnesses who have declared on the second day of the trial "have committed many contradictions." For this reason, Uriarte has recognized that they are increasingly "happier" because of the evolution of the trial "despite the fact that the popular accusation - executed by the Clara Campoamor Association - has tried to guide some with strange tricks."

Also, the lawyer of 'El Viti' has rejected that in the session this Friday it has been shown that the three defendants knew that the girl was 15 years old and has asserted that this issue “is the only plan they have,” in reference to the defense, and has specified that "it is impossible to prove".

On the statement of the child, Rafael Uriarte does not know if the mood of the girl and her family "is true or feigned" because it has been "a moment of enough theatricalization" with "very learned statements" , while acknowledging that "the kids are getting quieter".

On Monday they are summoned to declare, in the third session of the oral hearing, fifteen witnesses, proposed by the accusations and defenses of the three players, since each one has its own legal representative. Provisionally, the Prosecutor's Office demands 40 years in prison for Raúl Calvo and 39 years for each of the other two defendants , while the defenses claim the acquittal and the association Clara Campoamor asks for 43 years and eight months in jail for each.

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