The entire squad of the women’s professional team was the last to join the protests against the champion coach of the Libertadores 2013, with a statement in which they appealed to the democratic tradition of Corinthians and to the feminism that the club boasts.
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“’Respect the girls It’s not just any phrase. It is, above all, a state of mind and a shared commitment“, he says statement released by the playerswith which they alluded to the Corinthians feminist motto.
The pressure around the case is of such magnitude that The 59-year-old coach was forced to deny rumors last night that he had requested the termination of his contractsigned last Thursday.
A group of fans protested last Friday at the club’s training center and some of the bravas bars of the team resorted to social networks to show their disagreement with hiring.
‘Gaviões da Fiel’, the largest association of Corinthians fans, did not speak for the moment.
Cuca is a seasoned technician who He has already directed twenty first division teams in the last 25 years, without almost anyone having dusted off the old case of sexual abuse.
one of the few exceptions It was a complaint from one of Atlético Mineiro’s barras bravas in 2021which was dismissed by that club, considering it “exceeded” the scandal, which dates back to 1987, when Cuca was a Gremio player.
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The events occurred in Berne during a Guild tour of Switzerland. Cuca and three other players They were detained for 30 days in Switzerland accused of having had group sex with a 13-year-old girl in the concentration hotel.
Behind the payment of a bondthe footballers were released on probation and returned to Brazil.
Two years later, Cuca, who always denied that the abuse happened, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on the charge of indecent assault with the use of violence, but he never served his sentence.
The entrance Cuca, Corinthians and an old scandal for sexual abuse was first published on newspaper TODAY.
