For the alleged crimes of “symbolic violence” and “promotion of hatred due to gender discrimination” against the wife of Lionel Messi, a Prosecutor, in Venezuela, requested the arrest of a sports commentator
The Venezuelan Public Ministry announced that it will request the arrest of a well-known Venezuelan sports commentator who echoed chants with profanity on Twitter against the wife of Argentine star Lionel Messi.
Through his Twitter account, Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab announced the appointment of a special prosecutor in charge of requesting an order for the arrest and indictment of sports commentator Fernando Petrocelli for the alleged crimes of “symbolic violence” and “promotion of hatred due to gender discrimination” against Antonela Roccuzzo, Messi’s wife.
Saab’s announcement came after Petrocelli, who has served as a commentator for Directv Sports in Spanish since 2009, endorsed another user of the social network who invited him to coordinate the intonation of chants with sexual content to intimidate Messi, who to The head of the Argentina team was measured on Thursday night against Venezuela in the World Cup qualifiers.
“Good song, ”Petrocelli wrote in a tweet. “Score for Thursday. I would change the ending for the sensitive ones and it could be ‘and with Antonella we are all going to … hahaha ”.
Amid criticism, Petrocelli apologized Wednesday, “deeply regretting that my comment yesterday has offended the ladies, whom I have always respected at all times.”
“I offer my sincere apologies. My reference was to the court songs that exist in Argentina. I was wrong. It was not my intention to offend them, ”he added on Twitter.
Messi, who has just signed with Paris Saint-Germain after 17 years at Barcelona, was cheered as he left his hotel in Caracas for training with a view to the game against Vinotinto.
Argentina has just won the Copa América title and marches in second place in the South American qualifiers towards Qatar 2022.
Venezuela, the only CONMEBOL team that has never played in the World Cup, occupies ninth place in the standings with four points out of 18 possible.
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