After being convicted of attempted murder, a European footballer was arrested in a rape case
Greek police arrested Olympiacos international defender Ruben Semedo, on Sunday, after a 17-year-old girl accused him of rape.
Semedo (27 years old and 3 international matches) appeared before the Public Prosecutor in Athens, on Monday.
The teen said Semedo lured her to his home before raping her along with a 40-year-old Nigerian man who was arrested on Monday.
Semedo's lawyer, Stavros Yorgopoulos, told reporters outside the court that the player denied the accusation.
The lawyer said, "My client denies the accusation. He claimed that the complainant is 19 years old."
He added that Semedo and the alleged victim were part of "a group that had been together for 15 hours, and it is inconceivable that they were involved in such an incident."
Olympiacos has not commented yet.
Semedo has recently been linked with a move to Porto or Turin, Italy. He joined Olympiacos two years ago under a four-year contract from Spanish club Villarreal.
He left Villarreal after being convicted of attempted murder for which he was sentenced to five years in prison, but avoided the prison sentence in exchange for an eight-year ban on entering Spanish territory under an agreement concluded in 2020. He was also fined 46,000 euros ($54,300).
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