Argentine top division footballers detained in rape probe

BUENOS AIRES, MAR 19: Four footballers of Argentine premier division club Velez Sarsfield were provisionally detained Monday in an investigation into allegations they raped a woman in a hotel room this month, the plaintiffs lawyer said.
The four -- Uruguayan Sebastian Sosa, Paraguays Jose Florentin and Argentines Braian Cufre and Abiel Osorio -- were ordered held for 48 hours until a judge decides whether they should remain under arrest pending the investigation.
The detention order came after a request by prosecutor Eugenia Maria Posse following a three-hour interview with the alleged victim.
In a statement broadcast on TV, the accusers lawyer Patricia Neme said there were "sufficient elements to request pre-trial detention" as the four had "sufficient means" to flee if they wanted to avoid trial.
A sports journalist, 24, alleged she was invited by Sosa to a hotel room in Tucuman, Argentina, where the other three were also waiting.    —AFP