A jury in Multnomah County (Oregon, United States) has found the Peruvian player guilty Andy Polo for attacking his ex-partner and mother of his children, Génesis Alarcón, and will have to pay her US$600,000 in compensation, reported the victim’s lawyer.
Polo, a Universitario player, was denounced by his then partner for a 2021 case in the United States, when he played for the Portland Timbers of the MLS.
In March 2022, the victim broadcast some audios on a local tabloid program in which she can be heard begging the player to stop abusing her in front of her children.
Alarcón’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, informed the sports media ESPN that the Bicolor player has received the maximum financial penalty allowed for this type of case for damages, but that he will only have to pay this amount if he steps on American soil.
“If (Polo) keeps all his assets abroad and does not earn income in the United States, he will probably evade collections”Fuller indicated.
Precisely, the Peruvian team will play the group stage of the Copa América in the United States in June, and will travel to Texas, Kansas and Miami.
“You may enter the United States, but we will do our best to ‘domesticate’ the sentence in the states you travel to, in hopes of enforcing it against you, while you are physically present on US soil.“added the lawyer.
ESPN recalled that Polo was already sentenced to pay US$600,000 to the victim in July 2022, after not appearing in court, but that he requested a retrial.
According to the police report, Polo received a citation instead of arrest for harassment after grabbing Alarcón’s arm “with his son present”, pull her hair and push her to the ground.
Source: Gestion
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