The Spanish footballer Hugo Mallo (33 years old) has been found guilty of sexual abuse by the Criminal Court number 19 of Barcelona, which considers proven that the accused touched the woman who worked as a pet of the Espanyol (there was another male one) during the match La Liga between the blue and white team and the Celtic April 24, 2019, in the RCDE Stadium.
Judge Salvador Roig Tejedor has imposed a fine of 1,000 euros in compensation for moral damages. In addition, the now player of the Aris of Thessaloniki Greek will have to pay a fine of ten euros per day for 20 months and the costs of the proceedings.
The judgment, in its section on proven facts, reflected what happened in the preliminaries of the match as follows: “The accused, with the intention of satisfying his lustful desire and undermining the victim’s sexual identity, put his hands under her costume and touched her breasts.”.
“I’m not afraid anymore, the truth has won”
Carme Coma has decided to break the silence Once the incriminating sentence was known: The former captain of Celta committed a crime of sexual abuse against herwhen he was acting as the mascot of the Espanyol. “I’m not afraid anymore, the truth has won”, Hugo Mallo’s victim assured in an interview with the AS newspaper. She hopes that her testimony will help “a boy to think twice before he lifts a girl’s skirt or a teenager pulls another girl’s bra. If it serves that purpose, I will be satisfied.”
Carme confessed that “I have spent five long years in anonymity with much shame and fear because of what could happen to me, my family and those close to me. I simply wanted to wait for a court ruling. All I have done is look for the legal tools available to me to defend myself from conduct that has caused me a lot of harm.”.
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He acknowledged that “At first, I was so blocked that I was even ashamed to say what had happened to me. It was after a while that I exploded and understood that it was an insult to me that I could not and should not tolerate.”. And he remembered that “I did this thing as a pet parakeet for many years as a hobby, I had fun and I liked it. I stopped because I fractured my foot a couple of years ago. I would never have imagined having to go through this unpleasant situation that I have experienced. Never.”, he stressed.
Support from RCD Espanyol
Carme also wanted “thank you to Espanyol and Barna Porters (the company I worked for as a pet parakeet), because from the first moment they gave me support and legal assistance, which has lasted until today. And also to the media who have been careful and discreet with such a delicate matter. I wanted to handle everything with respect.”and added that “The only response I got from Celta was institutional, They told me that they would take into account what I explained to them and that they would evaluate it. I have never heard anything again.”while regretting that by Hugo Mallo and his entourage “No one has been in touch at any time during these five long years”.
