THE WORLD
Updated Tuesday, January 30, 2024-20:30
The former Celta player,
Hugo Mallo
, has been accused by Espanyol's mascot of sexual abuse and must appear at a hearing on July 11 before Court number 19 in Barcelona. The private prosecution and the Barcelona prosecutor's office are requesting a 24-month fine for him.
Apparently, according to the newspaper As, the greeting that the former captain of
Celta de Vigo
and current player of the Brazilian
Internacional de Porto Alegre
gave to
Espanyol
's 'Periquita' in Cornellá-El Prat in the match on April 24, is being investigated.
2019 that pitted parakeets and sky blue ones.
The sports team includes a fragment of the complaint, which was filed a day after the events, which explains how the player "put his hands under the costume and touched her breasts" in the greeting round before starting. the crash.
The complaint reached the Investigative Court number 2 of Cornellá de Llobregat. But, after taking a statement from the alleged victim and the player, who said not only that he greeted all the members of the group normally but also that he did not know the gender of the person behind the costume, he decided to dismiss the case "for not "the perpetration of the crime of sexual abuse that was described in the complaint be duly justified."
The order, however, was appealed by the defense of the alleged victim and the Ninth Section of the Provincial Court of Barcelona, in 2021, decided to reopen the case because it understood, according to the recordings of the match, that the greeting between the two "although it seems which occurs quickly, lasts longer than the rest of the greetings made previously to the mascot, so we do appreciate that something is happening with the mascot and the player.
The trial was going to be held on May 25, 2023 at Criminal Court Number 19 of Barcelona, in the
Ciutat de la Justícia
, but was postponed until July 11.