The police suspect Joni Rytkö of abusing a minor, reports Ilta-Sanomat.
In his career, Joni Rytkönen has won the leaderboard statistics three times and the Finnish championship once. Tomi Natri / All Over Press
Ilta-Sanom according to the Eastern Finland police department suspects that Joensuu represented Maila Joni from Rytkö sexual abuse of a child.
The preliminary investigation started by the police was reported in August.
Earlier in May, the Finnish Sports Ethics Center (Suek) started its own investigation into the matter. In the fall, the case was transferred to the Sports Ethics Disciplinary Board. Then Suek announced that it was sexual harassment. The board has not yet published its decision on a possible sanction.
Ilta-Sanomat reports that Rytkönen filed a defamation complaint against the girls involved in the case. Director of investigations Tomi Lautanen according to the crime title is spreading a sexual image and spreading information that violates private life.
Joensuu’s Maila shelved the 2020 Finnish champion at the beginning of last season. JoMa’s chairman of the board Joni Nousiainen told Iltalehti at the time that a possible case of harassment was revealed in the club through rumours.
– After that, we talked with the player about it. Based on those discussions, we came to the decision that he is sidelined for the time being. We informed the Päsäpalloliitto about it, Nousiainen commented in May.