A former professional soccer player from Brazil based in West Cork raped a 19-year-old woman in her own bedroom at knifepoint, threatening to kill her and her parents and making video-recordings.
39-year-old Tiago Damasceno Sousa who was living in West Cork for approximately 18 months before the rape on March 29 2024 pleaded guilty to carrying out the rape. The facts of the case were outlined today at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.
The woman, who was 19 at the time, wondered today how a man with a daughter her own age could carry out a crime like this. “No matter how many showers I had it felt like his fingerprints were on my body permanently, if someone was to touch…