The former coordinator sued the club and the parents of the minor for defamation after being fired for allegedly abandoned a 14-year-old who refused to participate in a pussy where he had to shave his hair.
Former Bairro dos Anjos swimming coordinator, João Paulo Fróis, will go to trial this week at the Leiria Court, due to his accusations of slander against club officials and the parents of a 14 -year -old athlete.
The case dates back to the summer of 2022, when froils was fired after allegedly humiliated and abandoned the young man In a parking lot in Badajoz, Spain, because it refuses to participate in a usual that involved shaving the hair, recalls the.
The complaint of horses arises in response to the complaint filed by the parents of the minor to the prosecutor, who is still in the inquiry. The accusation against the former coordinator includes coercion, mistreatment and abandonment of less.
The facts occurred during a long weekend of June 2022, when the young athlete prepared for his first international competition. As part of a traditional group usual, the younger athletes should shave their hair with drawings on the scalp. The minor refused to participate and, in response, was isolated in the hotel room, contacting his parents, who were housed in Elvas.
Later, the young man ended up to the pool complex with the team, but it was left in the parking lotwhere the parents found him. The episode led to the dismissal of Frois, who contested the decision and appealed to the Labor Court. The case, however, did not come to trial, having been resolved by agreement between the parties.
The former coach denies having abandoned or humiliated the athlete and argues that the usual was a “Optional tradition” of integrationorganized by older athletes, without intervention by coaches, feeling “offended and injured” with the accusations.
The defamation complaint filed by frol was analyzed by the Public Prosecution Service, which concluded that there was no “sufficiently enlightening evidence” of the intentional practice of facts by the accused. Thus, the prosecutor decided not to follow the accusation.
