TWO ITALIAN footballers allegedly gang-raped a student they met in a nightclub.
Mattia Lucarelli, son of ex-Livorno striker Cristiano, and Federico Apolloni, are both set to face a prelimary hearing amid the investigation.
They are being accused of allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old American woman.
The alleged crime would have taken place on the night between March 26 and 27 last year at a private apartment in Milan.
The city’s prosecutor’s office, through magistrate Alessia Menegazzo and deputy Letizia Mannella, requested the indictment on the charge of sexual assault for the footballers, both aged 23.
Prosecutors also requested an indictment for the three friends who participated in the alleged rape.
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According to La Presse, they also coordinated a months-long investigation to reconstruct what happened that evening by using videos found on the footballers’ mobile phones.
Italian outlet Corriere Della Sera reported the alleged victim would have been deceived after having accepted a lift from the group of boys she met at Gattopardo nightclub, in Milan’s city centre.
The preliminary hearing has been set by investigating judge Roberto Crepaldi for June 13.
Apolloni, a Livorno central midfield, and Lucarelli, who plays for Serie D side Follonica, were placed under house arrest on January 20.
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They were obliged to stay in Livorno and were not allowed to leave their homes from 8pm to 8am.
The measure was later revoked by the Court of Review.
Both players have strongly denied the allegations.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
