In a brief message to the press, the prosecutor’s office indicated that “there (was) a complaint of assault sexual” targeting “gamblers Colo-Colo” including Arturo Vidal, but “no one (had) been arrested”. The names of the other other players involved were not revealed.
According to local media, the alleged sexual assault denounced performed in the early hours of Monday at a nightclub in Santiago, where a group of Colo-Colo players celebrated a birthday.
Police Colonel Gerardo Aravena told the press thatArturo Vidal37 years old, 142 national team caps, 34 goals, who notably played for Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or Juventus, is the only one to have been taken to the police station for a simple identity check.
A case of alleged rape has shaken Chilean football for a week, involving former international Jorge Valdivia, retired since 2022, who was part of the victorious Chilean selection at the Copa America in 2015 and played in two World Cups, in 2010 and 2014.
A first accuser complains of having been drugged, having no memory of the evening of October 20 spent in the company of Jorge Valdivia who claims to have had a “consensual” sexual relationship. A second complaint from a new victim “for rape” has since been filed against the 41-year-old former attacking midfielder, 79 times international and former star player for Palmeiras in Brazil and Colo-Colo in particular.
Arrested and placed in pre-trial detention on October 22, Jorge Valdivia saw the measure lifted on Monday and was placed under judicial supervision with a ban on having contact with the complainants.
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