{"id":84,"date":"2016-09-21T13:13:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2016-09-21T13:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:13:50","slug":"cuba-volleyball-players-jailed-for-rape-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2016\/09\/21\/cuba-volleyball-players-jailed-for-rape-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba volleyball players jailed for rape in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC: <\/strong>Five members of Cuba’s national volleyball team have been convicted of raping a Finnish woman during a World League tournament in Tampere.<\/p>\n

Four of the men, including the captain, were given five-year jail sentences while a fifth is facing a prison term of three and a half years.<\/p>\n

They were detained in the southern Finnish city on 2 July after a woman said she had been raped at a hotel.<\/p>\n

Eight men were originally held. Two were released soon afterwards.<\/p>\n

Another of the players was released from detention at the end of August and acquitted by the court in Tampere.<\/p>\n

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The men given the longer sentences included 27-year-old captain Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Alfonso Gavilan, 21, Ricardo Calvo Manzano, 19, and Osmany Uriarte Mestre, who is also 21. Luis Sosa Sierra, 21, was given a shorter sentence.<\/p>\n

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The team had been taking part in a tournament ahead of the Rio Olympics when the rape took place at the hotel in which the players were staying.<\/p>\n

Lengthy ordeal<\/h2>\n

The court heard that two of the players had met the woman in a nightclub in the hotel basement. She later went to the room of one of the men, Uriarte Mestre, and consented to sex.<\/p>\n

However, Uriarte Mestre was then said to have texted the other men without the woman’s knowledge. They entered the room and subjected the woman to a lengthy ordeal and held her by the hair to prevent her leaving.<\/p>\n

When she was eventually allowed to leave, she complained to the hotel receptionist who called police.<\/p>\n

The men had denied the accusation, insisting the woman had given consent\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the court ruled they were guilty of aggravated rape and ordered the men to pay \u20ac24,000 (\u00a320,500; $27,000) in compensation to the victim.<\/p>\n

As the allegations emerged, two of the team coaches were sacked.<\/p>\n

Despite its depleted squad, Cuba fielded a team in Rio and lost all five of its matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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