The Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) reported on Friday that the former Vinotinto women’s coach has been found guilty by its Ethics Commission. Kenneth Zseremetawho accused 24 players of sexually abusing one of them and subjected them to physical and psychological harassment.
According to a statement from the FVF, published on its website, after a complaint made by members of the women’s group, the Ethics Commission declared Zseremeta “guilty of violating articles 23 (non -discrimination) and 24 (protection of physical and mental integrity) of the FIFA Code of Ethics and articles 9, 13 and 27 of the Federation Statutes ”.
Additionally, the sentence prohibits for 20 years his participation in any type of soccer -related activity in Venezuela.
Payment of the fine of 8,000 “convertible units” from the FVF was also ordered within 30 days after this notification.
Also, former technical assistant William Pino was found guilty of violating article 24, number 3, of the FIFA Code of Ethics and article 13 of the FVF Statutes.
The organization banned Pino from participating in any soccer -related activity for eight years, as well as fining 3,000 “convertible units” from the FVF.
On October 5, 24 soccer players in Venezuela denounced Zseremeta for sexual abuse and harassment, which led to his arrest.
“We, the Venezuelan national team players from different processes, have decided to break the silence to avoid situations of abuse and physical, psychological and sexual harassment caused by soccer coach Kenneth Zseremeta from getting more victims in women’s soccer and the world ”, read the statement posted on Twitter by player Deyna Castellanos.
They said that “from 2013 to 2017, many incidents appeared in the figure of coach Zseremeta, the most common physical and psychological abuse during training.”
In the text, they also explained that, in 2020, one of them “confessed that he had been sexually abused since he was 14 years old by the coach”, an abuse that “lasted until he was fired”, when 2017.
The Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office announced the same day an investigation against Zseremeta and Pino, according to attorney general Tarek William Saab. “The 79th national prosecutor has been assigned with full jurisdiction to investigate the alleged sexual abuse committed by Kenneth Zseremeta with Williams Pino at the expense of players from the Vinotinto women’s team,” Saab said in a Twitter message.
Source: La Verdad
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