New York City confirms David Villa involvement in club sexual harassment case

The New York Football Club has announced that it is making adjustments to the working atmosphere after an internal investigation revealed that a group of players, including David Villa, acted inappropriately at the regard to an employee.

New York began its investigations after allegations by a former club coach that she had been sexually harassed by the former Spain striker and other team members.

The intern, known only as “Skyler B”, posted tweets on “Twitter” last July in which she spoke of “feeling my body every day”.

She added: “I have rarely gone without being arrested or verbally harassed,” noting that club supervisors consider what you are saying “excellent comedic material.”

New York released a statement on Friday confirming that there was only one player left on the squad, which the girl mentioned, and that he was punished without going into details and did not mention Via.

The statement read: “The allegations made during the investigation are that a number of players and employees did not act according to club standards in their interactions with the intern and with the rest of the club staff. . “

The statement said this included unnecessary physical contact, harassment, comments about clothing and appearance, noting that the club “found this behavior inappropriate and unacceptable”.

The former Spain star has denied any connection to the issue when the story first appeared in July and again through a spokesperson on Friday after the statement was released.

A spokesperson for the retired Spanish star said: “David has taken this matter very seriously and has fully cooperated with the investigation, but as he has said from the start, these accusations are completely false.”

The 38-year-old left New York in 2018 to play a season in Japan and retired in 2019, having had successful careers in Valencia and Barcelona, ​​and was a member of the Cup-winning squad. world 2010 of his country.

Source: “AFP”

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