The president of Gym, Marian Cowenreferred to the controversy over the violent baptisms to which the youth triperos who were promoted to the First Division to face the 2021 season and who have under the magnifying glass German Brahian, one of the referents of the establishment at that time. In this context, he assured that as head of the Board of Directors he spoke with the representatives of several involved who had their baptism in that preseason and revealed that the footballers who made up that team denied the alleged sexual abuse.
It should be noted that the controversy broke out after the meeting between the Wolf and Banfieldin which Ignacio Miramon was sent off for a hard tackle against Alemán and, at the end of the game, the 18-year-old defender Felipe Sanchez He had a strong dispute with the experienced Uruguayan midfielder.
“As a fan and partner at that time I remember that there was talk of ‘Los Ninjas’, but being in the stands you don’t know. After what was unleashed in the last few hours, one gets to work in a different way and perceive the facts to know how they were. As a CD we are working to find out what happened,” Cowen said in dialogue with C5N.
In this sense, he highlighted: “In several cases I spoke with the representative and in others with the relatives. I spoke with the references of the campus to make ourselves available as a CD in case someone wants to speak, communicate something or the accompaniment”. And he added: “In these cases, as CD we have to be empathetic and put ourselves in the place of the one who suffered it. When someone talks about abuse, the word seems cold and means many things, but it is important to stand on the other side to see what the person who suffered it felt”.
Regarding the alleged sexual abuse, Cowen pointed out that “the leaders of the campus told me that there was no” and clarified: “Not to deny or be a denier, but that’s what they told me. I wasn’t in the club at the time. They do recognize violent baptisms, but not abuse”.
In turn, he stressed that Gymnastics began an investigation as a club and assured that the baptisms or rituals will not be repeated while they are driving. “I made available the Psychological Cabinet, Human Rights and Gender area”he stressed.
In the midst of the scandal that broke out, in the last hours it transpired that the tripero campus could issue a statement to clarify the situation. Asked about this issue, Cowen recommended that referents say what they have to say. “We are going to replicate what they say, from there we will see how we continue”he added.
Finally, Cowen spoke of the tripero president of that moment, Gabriel Pellegrino, and assured that he is “not aware that he wanted to cover up these situations.” “Beyond the political differences, it would be very bad of me to mix the political part with that,” she closed.
