19-year-old Chilean soccer player is accused of frustrated femicide, injuries and contempt

Jordhy Thompson, 19-year-old striker from Colo Colo, was accused this Monday of frustrated femicide, injuries and contemptand confined in preventive detention as a precautionary measure by the act of gender violence against her partner, Camila Sepúlveda

In addition, the Guarantee Court of Santiago determined a period of 45 days to investigate the complaintthe third of the same characteristics for which his partner accused him in less than six months.

Thompson was arrested this morning by the Chilean police following a complaint from his partner.

The player was presented at a hearing, which took place at the Santiago Justice Center and lasted more than two hours, where the complainant and the public defender to whom the footballer had to turn They presented their arguments.

The Colo Colo club announced the immediate separation of the player and expressed her categorical rejection of “all acts of violence against women.”

“As a club we have comprehensively supported the player in his recovery, Therefore we deeply regret the recent events that occurred“added the entity.

The president of the National Professional Football Association (ANFP), Pablo Milad, considered “disastrous” this new scandal.

“It is disastrous, it is bad for the player who has a great football future, but it also has to be accompanied with good habits”, said.

In statements to Chilevisión, Camila Sepúlveda, the player’s partner, said that since they decided to resume their relationship last August The attacks returned.

“I always had the hope that it was going to get better, but it never got better. He gets violent without alcohol, but when he drinks it’s much more“he added.

Local media reported that Thompson was under the influence of alcohol when The police responded to the young woman’s call.

The victim had already reported the player in March, after a video was spread on social networks in which He attacked her outside a nightclub.

A restraining order was then imposed on him and the club separated him from training for a month. but he did not carry out more drastic measures and reincorporated him into the squad.

The player appeared for the first time before a judge last May and accepted the proposal from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to conditionally suspend the trial for one year, complying with a series of requirements, including attending a psychologist and a series of courses, pay a fine to the victim and not approach her or a friend of Camila Sepúlveda – Isidora García – who is also listed as attacked.

In August, both decided to resume the relationship, so the court withdrew the prohibition on contact. The team has not yet taken action against the player for this new episode, waiting for what the judge says.

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