The Colombian player’s lawyer appealed the judge’s decision.
Colombia News.
Andrés ‘Manga’ Escobar is going through a legal mess in Icelandic territory.
The Colombian soccer player who arrived at Leiknir in Reykjavík in March 2021, was sentenced by a court in that European country to 30 months in prison for the crime of sexual abuse.
As reported by the local media mbl, Escobar would have carnally accessed a woman in his residence on September 19.
Faced with this accusation, the 30-year-old forward from Cauca acknowledges having had intimate relations with the woman but denies that it was not with her consent.
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“On December 22, the district attorney filed a lawsuit. criminal case against a convicted of rape by having sexual intercourse and other sexual relations with A on the eve of Sunday, September 19, 2021, without her consent, by licking her genitals and having sexual intercourse with her, where she unintentionally lay on the sofa in the accused, and took advantage of the fact that she could not resist the act because she was intoxicated, “he said in the District Court sentence.
‘Manga’ Escobara, through his lawyer, has appealed this judge’s decision and will seek to have the conviction revoked
“The case will be seen there in the coming weeks,” indicates the aforementioned portal.
Andrés Manga Escobar, kólumbíski knattspyrnumaðurinn sem lék með Leikni úr Reykjavík í úrvalsdeild karla á Síðasta tímabili, hefur verið dæmdur í tveggja og hálfs árs fangelsi í Héraðsdómi Reykjavíkur fyrir nauðgun. https://t.co/ws3nodmZC1
— mbl.is SPORT (@mblsport) March 4, 2022
The footballer will remain in prison until September 1 of this year, while his legal situation is resolved.
Escobar has a past in Colombia playing for teams such as Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Cúcuta Deportivo, Deportes Tolima and Millonarios.
Cover photo: @andreaescobar11
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