One year in prison for abusing the press officer

Shock in Argentine football. Jorge Martinezformer coach of the women’s soccer team Boca Juniors, was sentenced last Wednesday to one year in prison for sexually abusing the press officer of the xeneize club. The event was strongly condemned in order to set an example and prevent this type of episode, which is too frequent in women’s football around the world, from happening.

Judge Sergio Paduczak of Oral Court No. declared. 22 of Comodoro Py the technician guilty of sexual abuse Florence Marco. The verdict came after three weeks of trial. For his part, the prosecutor in the case requested three years in prison for the former coach of the Boca women’s team, a sentence that would facilitate the entry into prison of Martínez, who will avoid prison.

The abuses began in 2022, when Florence Marco He served as the club’s top communications officer, in March 2023 when he decided to report Martínez for sexual harassment and abuse. Boca authorities were aware of the situation, but decided not to act, according to the victim.

“Now justice has been done for me and for all the women and men, and all the people who wrote to me this year and thanked me for being able to put a name to what they were experiencing, which was abuse, and being able to fix their lives,” he said Frame in the media.

According to the victim,

The former press chief confirmed that several players in the team also suffered harassment from Martínez and even reported it several times, but they did not receive a response from the board of directors.

Throughout the judicial process, Martínez’s lawyer requested the rejection of Judge Paduzzak for “alleged irregularities”, but the request was denied, while Marco’s legal representative revealed that there was no authority from Boca Juniors, which led by former soccer player Juan Román Riquelme contacted them during the trial. .

Marco, 36 years old, has worked at Boca since 2011 and in 2019 he joined the press department. collecting your salary