Arturo Vidalstar of the Chilean soccer team, has been involved in a scandal after a woman denounced him along with several teammates from the club. Colo Colo for an alleged sexual assault during a party at a nightclub in Santiago de Chile, as made public by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The complaint has come to light at a crucial moment for the club, since This weekend the Chilean soccer champion is definedin a close fight between Colo Colo and its eternal rival, the University of Chile. With 66 points, the ‘Albos’ lead the championship, followed by the ‘Universitarios’, with 64.
In a brief message to the press, the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that “there is a complaint of sexual assault in the pub (…) but no one is arrested. It is against players from Colo Colo” and among them is Vidal, according to the Prosecutor’s Office added in the communication.
According to local media, the alleged sexual assault occurred early Monday morning in a nightclub in Santiago, where a group of Colo Colo players went to celebrate the birthday of one of them. According to what the bar manager, Félix Opazo, told Chilevisión, there were “between 8 and 10 Colo Colo players” inside the establishment.
Police colonel Gerardo Aravena confirmed to journalists that Vidal was the only one of those involved who was taken to a police station at dawn. to carry out an identity check, but he was not detained.
The alleged assault was reported by one of the women invited to the celebration and occurred hours after Colo Colo’s 3-0 victory against Deportes Iquique on the penultimate day of the local tournament.
Always very active on social networks, Vidal has not referred to the complaint of sexual assault; nor the Colo Colo club.
Chilean soccer idol
Arturo Vidal was the big signing of Chilean football this season. After passing through great world football teams such as Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Flamengo, the ‘King’ returned to the team where he was born after 17 years.
The 37-year-old player was a central part of the ‘Golden Generation’ with which Chilean football managed to win the first Copa América in its history, in 2015, and the Bicentenario Cup, in 2016, the only two titles for La Roja. .
However, His successful career has been punctuated by several extra-sports scandals.. During the Copa América that was held in Chile in 2015, he crashed his Ferrari when he was returning to Santiago after attending a gambling casino in the middle of the rally. The incident caused an earthquake in the Chilean team, but the then coach, Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, decided not to sanction Vidal and allow him to play in the tournament, which Chile would ultimately win.
Today Vidal is out of the Chilean team. After several criticisms of the team, last in the South American qualifiers for the next World Cup, the current coach, the Argentine Ricardo, decided not to call him up again.
Joins the ‘Valdivia Case’
The complaint against Vidal is known when Chilean sport has not yet recovered from the rape accusation it has been facing for two weeks. former international Jorge Valdivia. He was arrested after being accused of rape by a woman with whom he met to have a few drinks at a Peruvian food restaurant. Valdivia “flatly denied having sexually assaulted anyone” and said he had “a consensual relationship with an adult woman.”
This Monday, the Court of Appeals of Santiago decreed the freedom of the former soccer player and while the investigation continues, imposed on Valdivia the precautionary measures of night house arrest, national roots and a prohibition on approaching the alleged victim.
The former player also faces a second accusation of rape, which was made days after the first, and of which no further details are known.
Retired from professional football in July 2022, Valdivia was currently working as a sports commentator.
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