A complaint for alleged aggravated sexual abuse was filed before the Argentine Justice against the footballer Gonzalo Montiel, defender of Sevilla and world champion with the Albiceleste, according to the victim's lawyer.
The events occurred on January 1, 2019, during a birthday celebration for Montiel, and consisted of "sexual abuse with aggravated carnal access by a group of people" in the player's house, according to lawyer Raquel Hermida in an interview with Radius 10.
The original complaint in the Justice of the municipality of La Matanza, where the abuse would have occurred, is being expanded these days because the victim, according to the lawyer, received threats from the player's environment, including from Montiel's mother, when he went to Confirm the complaint of abuse.
As Hermida explained, the victim had maintained "a small, short relationship" with Montiel, who invited her to meet his family and insisted that she attend the party at La Matanza.
The victim is a model and does not drink alcohol, but after trying two drinks "she was completely unconscious," said the lawyer.
Then the woman "threw it at the door of Montiel's house" and "she doesn't know how many people were involved in the abuse," added the lawyer, and "she still doesn't know how she got to her house."
The 26-year-old player played for the Argentine River Plate between 2016 and 2021, years in which he won a Copa Libertadores -against Boca Juniors in 2018- and two South American Cup Winners' Cups, as well as one League, three Cups and two Super Cups. In August 2021 he signed for Sevilla.
As an international, he was involved in the three titles won by the 'Scaloneta': the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, in the final of which he scored the last penalty of the shootout against France, which was the victory for Argentina.
