Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE).- The Las Palmas Sports Union maintains Joel Domínguez, 18, the youth player convicted last week of a crime of sexist violence for mistreating his girlfriend, a 16-year-old girl, but it will force her to train alone for 40 days.
The teenager attacked by Domínguez did not want to denounce the player or take legal action against him, but the events (shoving, kicking and grabbing) were witnessed by several witnesses, including an off-duty police officer, for which reason they also reached the Court. of Violence against Women.
When appearing before the judge, Domínguez pleaded guilty to a crime of abuse in the family and expressed his agreement with the proposed sentence, which is now final: 40 days of work for the benefit of the community and one year away from the victim .
UD Las Palmas has received numerous criticisms for its response to these events, some of it from representatives of public institutions who consider it insufficient or lukewarm, since the club only “rejected” Joel Domínguez’s conduct and admonished him by making his statement public. identity, but did not remove him from the team or announce other corrective measures.
“With sexist violence, it is not possible to look the other way. Zero tolerance. No one can evade their responsibilities. Public or private institutions must be forceful to fight against this scourge. And even more so in sports due to its enormous social impact”, Antonio Morales, president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the institution that owns the stadium where UD Las Palmas plays, wrote on Twitter.
The club’s president, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, referred to the matter on Monday on the team’s official station, UD Radio, to announce a disciplinary measure that keeps Joel Domínguez in his chain of subsidiaries.
“Joel Domínguez is subject to an internal regime of the club and a file has been opened on him. What we are going to do during those 40 days, in which the player must carry out community work, is for him to train alone and continue to receive advice and help to ensure that this behavior does not happen again ”, he pointed out. EFE