helping - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Fri, 22 May 2020 20:21:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 LMPD officers accused of not properly helping domestic violence victim who was later killed https://www.badsporters.com/2020/05/22/lmpd-officers-accused-of-not-properly-helping-domestic-violence-victim-who-was-later-killed/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/05/22/lmpd-officers-accused-of-not-properly-helping-domestic-violence-victim-who-was-later-killed/#respond Fri, 22 May 2020 20:21:33 +0000 https://badsporters.com/?p=6387 Two LMPD officers are facing charges, accused of not properly helping a domestic violence victim who they say was later killed.Amanda Berry, 33, was found dead in the basement of a home in the 3200 block of Virginia Avenue at the end of January. When police found her, they said it appeared her body had […]

The post LMPD officers accused of not properly helping domestic violence victim who was later killed first appeared on Bad Sporters.

]]>

Two LMPD officers are facing charges, accused of not properly helping a domestic violence victim who they say was later killed.Amanda Berry, 33, was found dead in the basement of a home in the 3200 block of Virginia Avenue at the end of January. When police found her, they said it appeared her body had been there for a “long period of time.”Watch the story from when she was found in the player above.William Sloss was later charged with murder, domestic violence and abuse of a corpse in relation to her death. Neighbors identified Sloss as her boyfriend and said they had tried to help her escape the abusive relationship.An arrest report revealed a lengthy history of alleged violence between the two.According to a statement from LMPD, officers Kierstin Holman and Cody Luckett made contact with Berry on December 26, 2019, which couldn’t have been long before she died.LMPD says a supervisor was doing a review of the Berry case for the Fatality Review Panel, held for all domestic violence homicides, and found the officers failed to provide Berry the proper assistance during the December encounter.Misdemeanor summons were issued Thursday for violation of KRS 209A.120, or Duties of law enforcement to provide assistance.Both officers have been on administrative reassignment since the case began in early March, LMPD said in a statement. The case will now move to the Professional Standards Unit for a review of potential internal policy violations.

Two LMPD officers are facing charges, accused of not properly helping a domestic violence victim who they say was later killed.

Amanda Berry, 33, was found dead in the basement of a home in the 3200 block of Virginia Avenue at the end of January. When police found her, they said it appeared her body had been there for a “long period of time.”

Watch the story from when she was found in the player above.

William Sloss was later charged with murder, domestic violence and abuse of a corpse in relation to her death. Neighbors identified Sloss as her boyfriend and said they had tried to help her escape the abusive relationship.

An arrest report revealed a lengthy history of alleged violence between the two.

According to a statement from LMPD, officers Kierstin Holman and Cody Luckett made contact with Berry on December 26, 2019, which couldn’t have been long before she died.

WLKY-TV

LMPD says a supervisor was doing a review of the Berry case for the Fatality Review Panel, held for all domestic violence homicides, and found the officers failed to provide Berry the proper assistance during the December encounter.

Misdemeanor summons were issued Thursday for violation of KRS 209A.120, or Duties of law enforcement to provide assistance.

Both officers have been on administrative reassignment since the case began in early March, LMPD said in a statement.

The case will now move to the Professional Standards Unit for a review of potential internal policy violations.

Source link

The post LMPD officers accused of not properly helping domestic violence victim who was later killed first appeared on Bad Sporters.

]]>
https://www.badsporters.com/2020/05/22/lmpd-officers-accused-of-not-properly-helping-domestic-violence-victim-who-was-later-killed/feed/ 0 6387
Mexican World Cup star accused of helping a drug lord https://www.badsporters.com/2018/06/15/mexican-world-cup-star-accused-of-helping-a-drug-lord/ https://www.badsporters.com/2018/06/15/mexican-world-cup-star-accused-of-helping-a-drug-lord/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 22:56:33 +0000 http://www.badsporters.com/?p=4052 KATE LINTHICUM Last updated 09:20, June 16 2018 STUFF There were tight affairs before a thrilling match between Spain and Portugal. At a recent World Cup warm-up match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Mexico’s national football team was missing one of its biggest stars: Rafael Marquez, the team’s captain and a legendary defender. Marquez, a […]

The post Mexican World Cup star accused of helping a drug lord first appeared on Bad Sporters.

]]>


STUFF

There were tight affairs before a thrilling match between Spain and Portugal.

At a recent World Cup warm-up match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Mexico’s national football team was missing one of its biggest stars: Rafael Marquez, the team’s captain and a legendary defender.

Marquez, a four-time World Cup veteran, was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department last year for allegedly aiding a powerful Mexican drug trafficker. His bank accounts were frozen in the US and Mexico and he was placed on a blacklist that bans Americans and US-based companies from doing business with him.

The sanctions also bar him from playing in the United States, his lawyer told ESPN last year.

Marquez, 39, who is affectionately known as Rafa, has denied allegations that he and two associates used several businesses to hold assets for Raul Flores Hernandez, a drug lord allied with the notorious Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation drug cartels.

READ MORE:
* Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick thriller
* Iranian football fans protest for female spectators
* Own-goal earns Iran 1-0 win over Morocco

But his presence on Mexico’s national team has raised eyebrows, with some saying it is unseemly for Mexico, a country plagued by corruption and historic levels of drug-related violence, to employ a player accused of laundering cash for a drug kingpin.

Rafael Marquez is a beloved player in Mexico.

LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/GETTY IMAGES

Rafael Marquez is a beloved player in Mexico.

“It is incredible that the authorities are allowing a person who is accused of money laundering to go and play a World Cup as if nothing happened,” said Raul Rodriguez, a 32-year-old chef in Mexico City.

“That impunity only happens in Mexico,” Rodriguez said. “If you or someone who is not famous had cheated, they would put you in jail.”

For the most part, though, Mexicans have embraced Marquez, who is poised to become one of only a handful of players to play in five World Cups on Sunday when Mexico takes on Germany in its first match.

At a ceremony at Mexico’s presidential palace two weeks ago, Marquez personally presented one of the team’s green World Cup jerseys to President Enrique Pena Nieto – who himself has been accused by Mexican journalists of corruption.

Supporters of Marquez emphasise that he has not been convicted of any crime – or even charged – and should not be prematurely penalised.

“Rafa is the soul of the national team, and if he is in trouble with the United States, we don’t care,” said Armando Diaz, a 43-year-old salesman in Mexico City.

“If he has problems with authorities, he can solve them later,” Diaz said. “Now he has to concentrate on the World Cup and play well so Mexico can win its games.”

Still, the sanctions have resulted in awkward moments, including Marquez’s absence during last month’s friendly against Wales, which ended in a draw.

The companies that sponsor Mexico’s national team appear alarmed by his inclusion on the roster, and have taken steps so that they don’t seem to be doing business with Marquez.

At practices this week in Russia, while the rest of the team wore jerseys featuring the logos of Coca-Cola and other sponsors, Marquez sported a plain version without any of the brand names.

A statement from the Mexican team explained that the logos were removed “in order to have Rafa Marquez focused 100 per cent on sports” and that the team made the decision after consulting with experts.

Marquez was one of 21 Mexican nationals sanctioned by the Treasury Department last August for alleged ties to Flores, who is accused of smuggling drugs and laundering money from his base in Jalisco state since the 1980s.

Among those who also saw his assets frozen was Julio Cesar Alvarez Montelongo, a norteno band leader once praised by Pena Nieto as “a great example for Mexican youth”.

Several businesses associated with Marquez were sanctioned, including a football school that bears his name. The sanctions were a fall from grace for Marquez, whose stints with Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and the Guadalajara club Atlas made him Mexican sports royalty.

He had a reputation as a philanthropist in Jalisco and in his native state of Michoacan, and had been working on creating a union for players in Mexico’s national football league. Many thought he had a future in Mexico’s football federation, or even in politics.

Jose Contreras, a 37-year-old architect, said he thought Marquez was allowed to play because the Mexican team needed him. It has not been performing well and earlier this month lost 2-0 in a friendly with Denmark.

“The national team is playing so badly that surely the managers did the impossible for him to play,” Contreras said. “The accusations against him are a shame because people in Mexico love him a lot.”


 – MCT

Source link

The post Mexican World Cup star accused of helping a drug lord first appeared on Bad Sporters.

]]>
https://www.badsporters.com/2018/06/15/mexican-world-cup-star-accused-of-helping-a-drug-lord/feed/ 0 4052