The case against the legendary Brazilian Falcao for sexual harassment has been archived

A criminal judge from the state of São Paulo This Friday, due to a lack of evidence, the sexual harassment process opened in August against the former footballer and former Brazilian national team coach was archived. Paulo Roberto Falcaoone of the great Canarinha idols of the 1980s.

The former player and coach of the Brazilian national team, 69, resigned from his position as the club’s technical coordinator holys on August 4 after an employee of the hotel where he was staying accused him of touching her arm with his sexual member, a crime he denied committing.

The Santo Civil Polices, city on the coast of the state of São Pauloopened an investigation against the former soccer player and formally accused him of sexual harassment.

But the second criminal judge of Santos, Leonardo de Mello Gonçalveshas decided to archive the process because it considers that the accusations are inappropriate and that there is a lack of evidence to prove the commission of a crime.

“The police process was archived at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, which did not foresee the occurrence of the crime of sexual harassment,” reported the Regional Court of Justice of Sao Paulo it is a statement.

In his decision, the judge argued that “not all physical contact can be interpreted as a libidinous act” and agreed with Prosecutor’s Office where, although the author of the complaint may have felt like a victim of harassment, the evidence did not prove it.

Falcaowho was a three-time Brazilian champion as a player for Internacional (1975, 1976 and 1979) and a one-time Italian champion in Rome (1982-1983), he played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups with the Brazilian team.

As a coach, Falcao is coach of Brazil and of Japanese and ordered clubs like America of Mexico, Bahia, Sport Recife and International.

In recent years, in addition to serving as the technical coordinator of saintsserved as a sports commentator.