A Andres Ramiro ‘Manga’ Escobarformer soccer player for Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional and Millonarios, among other teams, was ratified in the last few hours his sentence to two and a half years in prison for the crime of sexual abuseas reported by the Icelandic public media system.
According to the Icelandic radio station ‘RUV’, “The National High Court says in its ruling that Escobar took advantage of the woman’s drunkenness so that she could not stop the act. The court believes that her offense was serious, had serious consequences for the woman and that she violated her sexual freedom.”
This is the second ruling of a court on the fact of which the player has pleaded not guilty.
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The case of ‘Manga’
According to the information published at the time by the ‘Morgunbladid’, a traditional newspaper in Iceland, the fact for which they judge ‘Manga’ would have happened on September 19 of last year.
As read in the press report, Escobar, who played for Leiknir Reykjavík during 2021, would have abused a woman in his home.
Now, the National High Court “found the woman’s statement credible, and said that Escobar’s statement, on the other hand, was not entirely consistentas about the state of the woman when they met, her state in the center of Reykjavik and then in her house”, as reported on Monday by ‘RUV’.
The first decision in the case of ‘Manga’ Escobar was known in March of this year. Then, the footballer appeared in an interview denying what happened.
This second ruling was projected for the first of September. However, until this Monday the verdict was known.
Who is ‘Manga’ Escobar?
Andrés Ramiro ‘Manga’ Escobar is a 31-year-old Colombian soccer player who, in his youth, promised to be one of the great national players. However, throughout his career, scandals due to indiscipline have affected their performance.
In 2018, for example, Escobar had to leave Deportes Tolima after being accused of arriving under the influence of alcohol to a workout. At that time, he was also detained by the National Police in a similar state.
In 2020, in dialogue with ‘La Red’, from ‘Caracol’, the footballer said that he recognized his mistakes, but that, to tell the truth, it was difficult for him to be singled out.
“There are people who increase things because they have nothing to do. There are people who are annoyed that one succeeds in life and wait for the first pothole to kill one. Most young people in Colombia would like to have the life that I have, even if it bothers them and hurts them. We, the players, are envied because at the age of 20 or 22, most of us have a settled economic future. So there are some who, at 20 years old, are just beginning their life and it bothers them that we have already taken such a big step”declared then about his controversial life away from the courts.
So far, after hearing the news of the ratification of his conviction, none of the people around him have spoken about it.
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