ベネズエラの五輪メダリスト、同性愛嫌悪の被害告白

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】２０１６年のリオデジャネイロ五輪・自転車ＢＭＸ女子で銅メダルを獲得したベネズエラのステファニー・エルナンデス（３０）が、同国の首都カラカスのレストランで同性愛嫌悪の暴力被害に遭ったことを明かした。（写真はステファニー・エルナンデス）
　エルナンデスは１２日、自身のインスタグラムで「彼らは私をぶった」と明かし、「警備員に顔と耳をぶたれた。突き飛ばされたり、侮辱されたりもした」と被害を説明。「彼らは友人グループと一緒になって、私を追い出した。グループの中に、同性愛嫌いで私のことが気に入らず、攻撃したがっている者がいた」と続けた。
　これを受け、ベネズエラのタレク・ウィリアム・サーブ検事総長は１３日、この件の捜査を開始し、男１人を重暴行容疑で逮捕したことをツイッターで発表した。
　レストランの支配人は、事件は施設内のバーで起こり、営業権をすぐさま取り消したと発表している。
　ベネズエラでは、同性愛者は結婚や養子縁組、パートナーに代わって医療判断を下すことは認められていない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/03/17-11:58）

Stefany Hernandez, a bronze medallist in BMX at the 2016 Rio Olympics, said she was the victim of a homophobic attack in a restaurant in Caracas, while the prosecutor's office announced an arrest.
They hit us, Hernandez posted on Instagram on Saturday night. A security man hit me (in the) face and ear. There was also pushing and shoving and insults.
They kicked me out of the place with a group of friends because some homophobes who wanted to attack us didn't like me.
Hernandez, 30, competed in the London Games in 2012 and then took third place in Rio in BMX cycling.
The violent people, and the owners of the venue, were surely satisfied. How sad! she added.
Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on Twitter on Sunday that an investigation had been opened and a man accused of the crime of aggravated physical violence had been arrested.
In a statement, the managers of the restaurant said the incident occurred in a bar that operates on their premises and whose concession they had immediately revoked.
We have made available the audiovisual material recorded by our security cameras to assist in the investigation, the text said.
Hernandez married Marina Chali in 2018 in Switzerland, where she lived and coached. The couple have since separated.
In Venezuela, gays and lesbians cannot marry, adopt children or make medical decisions on behalf of their partners.