The Chilean footballer Arthur Vidal and a group of his teammates Colo Colo They were reported this Monday, under the accusation of having drugged a woman and of having committed a crime of a sexual nature, during an evening in a nightclub, reported Carabineros of Chile.
There are still no arrests and the names of everyone involved are unknown, but Colonel Carabineros Gerardo Aravena confirmed that Vidal, 37, was the only one who was taken to the police station and then released.
“He was transferred to the police station as part of the first procedures and investigations in the form of an investigative identity check and he was then able to continue his activities,” Aravena told local media.
The facts
The events took place in the early hours of this Monday in a bar in the municipality of Vitacura, northeast of Santiago, where the footballers were celebrating the victory against Deportes Iquique – which leaves them one step away from being champions of the Chilean league – and the birthdays of players Lucas Cepeda, 22, and Vicente Pizarro, 21.
“Yes, this is a group of athletes, I cannot give you more information because procedures are underway at the moment and this could hinder the development of the investigation. We have not had no arrests during the day The complaint is for a serious sexual crime,” Aravena added.
The complaint was filed in the discotheque where the Carabinieri carried out the recording of all the people identified, who will be summoned to testify, but in the case of Vidal “according to the context, it was decided to carry out a control of ‘identity at the police station’. “, he added.
The moment when the carabinieri carry out the identity check of Arturo Vidal pic.twitter.com/kl4dmJOL5I
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The police colonel informed that it was not the woman, an adult, who made the accusation, but that “there is a person who files a complaint on behalf of the victim”, who, according to the local press , would be the sister.
The prosecution hopes that the woman will go to the forensic department to carry out the necessary examinations. “We are only at the investigation stage, specialized personnel must establish various procedures,” Aravena said.
The prosecutor in charge of the case is Francisco Lanaswho is also responsible for the investigation into the former footballer Jorge Valdiviawho has been detained for two weeks after being reported for rape.
The club Colo Colo has not yet commented on this situation, in a key week for the team that next Sunday will define the title in the last date of the Chilean championship, which it disputes with its great rival University of Chilewhich he leads with two points in the standings.
