The president of the Brazilian football confederation, Rogerio Caboclo, was suspended for 21 months on Wednesday as a sexual harassment case against him proceeds. The body바카라™s general assembly voted 27-0 to keep Caboclo out until one month before his term ends in March 2023. (More Football News)
The 48-year-old Caboclo, whose term began in 2019, was first suspended by the confederation바카라™s ethics committee in June after a former secretary formally made accusations against him. That decision was extended until the general assembly바카라™s vote.
Caboclo is also under investigation by Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors. After the first case became public, two other women said they had been sexually harassed by the executive. One of Caboclo바카라™s deputies, Ednaldo Rodrigues, took over Caboclo바카라™s duties.
바카라śAll the 27 voters who head state federations had access to the whole content of the case against Caboclo,바카라ť Rodrigues said after the decision. 바카라śThose who had doubts on how to vote were fully convinced that the crime of harassment took place. Every violence must be tackled, especially against women. This can no longer happen in our house.바카라ť
Caboclo only needed the support of seven voters to return to his job.
Meanwhile, Caboclo denied any wrongdoing. His last major task while the president was to persuade Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to controversially hold the Copa America 2021 in Brazil after the tournament was pulled from Colombia and Argentina.
