A disturbing video has captured the moment an Argentine football legend allegedly assaulted his ex-wife as one of their two children watched in horror.
Leaked surveillance footage, which was leaked on Thursday, apparently showed Nestor Ortigoza, 39, attacking Lucia Cassiau, 35, and hitting her hand with a cellphone at their home in Ezeiza, a city outside Buenos Aires.
A video taken on Cassiau’s phone also shows him hitting the phone before it fell to the ground.
According to the surveillance video, Ortigoza appeared to hit her in the face and push her against the wall.
Ortigoza then He scolded her shortly before approaching his son and hugging him.
Legendary Argentine footballer Néstor Ortigoza (right) was seen on surveillance video allegedly assaulting his ex-wife Lucía Cassiau (left). San Lorenzo asked Ortigoza to resign from his position on the board of directors
Néstor Ortigoza (bottom left) walks menacingly towards Lucía Cassiau, his now estranged wife and mother of his two children, during a domestic violence dispute that reportedly took place in 2023.
Both appeared before the Ezeiza Prosecutor’s Office and filed mutual complaints.
The former footballer is being investigated by prosecutors for domestic violence, while Cassiau faces accusations of child abuse.
A video of another violent incident showed Ortigoza playing a soccer ball with one of the couple’s two sons in the backyard of a residence.
It appeared that Cassiau and Ortigoza had been arguing before the recording and she tells Ortigoza: “Shut up because the child is here.”
Ortigoza responded by kicking a ball that knocked Cassiau’s phone out of her hand and hit her in the face.
A source with knowledge of the case told the online news portal Infobae that domestic violence incidents took place in 2023.
A video taken on Cassiau’s phone also shows him hitting the phone before it fell to the ground.
Nestor Ortigoza is filmed kicking a soccer ball that eventually knocked the cell phone out of the hands of his now ex-wife, Lucia Cassiau. The ball also hit her in the face.
In response to the videos, the San Lorenzo board of directors asked Ortigoza to resign from his position as director.
He was sacked as sporting director in August due to problems in signing a player.
‘Given the publicly known facts that link him to situations of gender violence, the majority ruling bloc of the San Lorenzo Board of Directors decides to demand that (the director) Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza resign from his position, since his actions do not represent the values that our institution defends,’ the team said in a statement.
Néstor Ortigoza played two seasons for Argentine club San Lorenzo. He retired after the 2022 season and was appointed to the team’s board of directors and then sporting director.
Néstor Ortigoza (right) with his now separated wife Lucía Cassiau (left) and one of their two children
Ortigoza, originally from San Antonio de Padua, a town in the province of Buenos Aires, was a member of the Paraguay national team that participated in the 2010 World Cup.
He had a stellar career in Argentine football, spending two seasons at San Lorenzo.
He led the club to its first Copa Libertadores title in 2014, scoring the winning goal in the final.
Ortigoza retired from San Lorenzo in 2022 and was appointed to its board of directors in December 2023.
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