Villa was sentenced to two years and one month in prison
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Boca Juniors footballer Sebastián Villa was sentenced this Friday to two years and one month in prison for having exercised gender violence against your ex-partner Daniela Cortés in April 2020 in a house in a private neighborhood in the Buenos Aires town of Canning.
In the ruling handed down by the Correctional Judge 2 of Lomas de Zamora, Claudia Dávalos, released after 1:15 p.m., the “xeneize” footballer was declared guilty of the crimes of “coercive threats in real competition with minor injuries aggravated by the link in the context of gender violence.”
Together with his lawyer, Martín Apolo, and accompanied by three friends and his representative, Rodrigo Riep, Villa listened attentively and seriously to the verdict, after which he withdrew from the courtroom.
Prosecutor Sergio Anauati requested a conditional sentence of two years and three months in prison / Photo: Cris Sille.
In addition to the sentence, which will be subject to conditional compliance, During that time, Villa must comply with a series of requirements imposed by the judge.among them establishing a residence, submitting to the control of the Board of Released Persons every two months, not having contact with Cortés or his family, refraining from consuming narcotics or abusing alcohol consumption, undergoing psychosocial treatment and participating in workshops on gender violence. .
During the reading of the verdict, the complainant was not physically or virtually present. Consulted in this regard, Cortés preferred not to participate in the hearing, according to reports from the court secretary.
Cortés described Villa as “an abuser, both physically and psychologically” / Photo: Cris Sille.
The prosecutor requested a sentence of two years and three months
The sentence imposed on Villa was similar to that required in his argument by the trial prosecutor, Sergio Anauati, who had requested that he be sentenced to two years and three months in prison for conditional compliance.
According to the Criminal Code, the crime of qualified minor injuries foresees between 6 months and 2 years in prison and that of coercive threats from 2 to 4 years, for which reason the prosecutor favored an intermediate sentence.
The event occurred “on April 27, 2020 inside a house in the country Saint Thomas de Canning, when Villa told Daniela Cortés that he was going to ruin her life and punched her in the forehead.with a ring that she was wearing, and then took her by the arm and later threw her to the ground, provoking her, kicking her to cause various minor injuries.”
In his plea, the trial prosecutor, Sergio Anauati, had requested that Sebastián Villa be sentenced to two years and three months in prison for conditional compliance.
In addition to the sentence, Villa must meet a series of requirements imposed by the judge / Photo: Cris Sille.
While, the defense lawyer Apolo had demanded the acquittal of the soccer player by assuring that the complaint against him is “false”.
“That has not been proven, nor is it proven that it existed,” said the lawyer in relation to the complaints of threats and gender violence made by Cortés against his ex-partner.
Sebastián Villa was available to Judge Dávalos in person and virtually, except in a hearing during which he was in full flight with the squad of Boca Juniors after a match played in Chile for the Copa Libertadores de América.
Photo: Cris Sille.
In his last words, the striker “xeneize” assured that he is “innocent” and that “he would never hurt Daniela.”
“What I have to say is that I would never hurt Daniela or her family. I’m innocent. I am an excellent person, a good son, a good brother. I am innocent, I believe in God and I believe that everything will turn out well, in the best way,” he said.
Photo: Cris Sille.
The gender violence exerted by Villa
In the debate, the events that occurred on April 27, 2020 in the house shared by Villa and his ex in the private neighborhood of Saint Thomas, in Canning, which were investigated by the decentralized Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 3 of Esteban Echeverría, specializing in Gender Violence.
Cortés denounced having been beaten by Villa through a video posted on social networksin which she is seen with blood in her mouth, while recounting violent events experienced with the footballer, whom she describes as “an abuser, both physically and psychologically.”
The other trial against Villa: denounced for sexual abuse
After that episode, the footballer moved to the country “Venado II”, also from Canning, in which the second episode supposedly took place for which he was denounced in June 2021 for the crime of “sexual abuse”.
In that case, on May 12, prosecutor Vanesa González, from the decentralized Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 3 of Esteban Echeverría, requested its elevation to trialTherefore, the intervening Court of Guarantees You have a period of 15 days to hear the defense and define if it gives rise to the request.
