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Atletico Madrid cut ties with former director of academy Manuel Brinas and launched an internal investigation after allegations of badual abuse were made against 88 years. In an interview with El Pais, Brinas admitted to badaulting an individual known as Miguel M.H., aged 59, while he was a brother at the school Hermanos Amoros of Carabanchel southwest of Madrid.
The victim told the newspaper that the violence had occurred between 1973 and 1975, before Brinas gets involved with Atletico. In response, Brinas said, "These are things that happened then, a bit strange. I never explained myself.
"It was an accident, the woman I was going to marry had just died. It was only once or twice. Fortunately, I immediately stopped it. It's a thorn that I always have carried in my soul. "
On Thursday, El Pais published testimonies from four other people alleging that they had been badually badaulted by Brinas. Omnisport was unable to contact Brinas for a response to the latest requests.
Atletico then issued a statement confirming that they had broken links with Brinas and launched an investigation "to rule out the existence of this kind of behavior during his stay at our club. condemn this type of behavior and we show our greatest disgust at these serious events, "they said.
"We are dismayed because during his years related to our academy, he never existed the slightest suspicion about the person, but on the contrary, he was perceived as a well respected person inside and outside Atletico Madrid. Once the facts reported, the contract of Manuel Brinas with Atletico Madrid has been cancelled. Atletico Madrid opened an internal investigation yesterday [Wednesday] to rule out the existence of this kind of behavior during his time with our club.
"One of the core values of our academy is safeguard children's rights and the protection of infants. Although none of these events are related to our club, so far, and with the help of Save The Children, we have launched a revision of existing protocols regarding the operation of our younger teams, with the goal of further refining them prevent any risk. "
Brinas was a pivotal figure of the reconstruction of the Atletico academy, which was dissolved by President Jesus Gil in the 1990s.
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