Former master champion Angel Cabrera is expected to return to Augusta this week after her stay in prison.
Cabrera, who won the green jacket in 2009, played Masters 20 times but has not participated in the tournament since 2019.
He spent two and a half years behind bars after being found guilty of assault, flight and illegal intimidation against old friends in 2021.
The 55 -year -old man could not play last year due to visa problems and therefore returns this week to a lot of controversy after six years.
In an exclusive interview with Mail Sport, Cabrera described how “lack of freedom” was “really difficult” – but online golf fans had little sympathy.
“Will ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will delete Angel Cabrera from the course to Augusta? I guess not ” wrote a golf fan on X.
Fans hit Angel Cabrera authorized to return to the Masters after being in prison
The 2009 champion spent 30 months in prison after being found guilty of illegal assault, theft and intimidation against former friends in 2021
Cabrera recently told Mail Sport how “lack of freedom” was “difficult” to cope
“Dude, I really hope they will publish the letters of regret of Angel Cabrera,” said another, responding to the post of masters showing the letter they sent to invite the players.
Another sounded with the sarcasm: ‘Angel Cabrera after his victory on the Champions Tour yesterday: “It’s very emotional after all that I have experienced in the past two years.” Yeah, because * you are * the victim here, chap.
“Apparently, golf course is the key to citizenship. Angel Cabrera (was) found guilty of having beaten women not only authorized to be here in prison in Argentina, but will play Masters and live in wealth here, ” wrote.
On Monday, Cabrera won her first tournament since her stay in the first temple of James Hardie Football James Football in Florida.
The Argentinian was released from prison in August 2023 after having served consecutive sorrows for domestic violence and assault and other accusations after ex-wife Silva Rivadero and two of his ex-girlfriends filed charges against him.
In his exclusive conversation with Riath Al-Samarrai of Mail Sport, Cabrera said: “At the moment, I’m fine. But I regret everything I did wrongly in my past and I am also frustrated to have threw very, very important years in my life. I made mistakes.
“This is one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, not being able to have freedom.”
As a winner of Masters 2009, he is eligible to participate in the major field, as is the right of each past champion.
In the photo with Cecilia Torres Mana, one of her former girlfriends who accused her of domestic violence
Cabrera says he “regrets everything” and is bored to have wasted “very important years”
He says that a prison in Rio de Janeiro was the “worst part” because there was not much walking or moving “
The 55 -year -old was held in a “hell prison” in Argentina for the majority of his sentence
In March, Cabrera was not online to play because the tournament website said he was `a former champion, not playing ”, his agent confirming that the request for American visa of Cabrera was temporarily refused, refused him entry into the country.
In 2021, the former girlfriend Cecilia Torres Mana first made accusations of aggression, intimidation and injuries against Cabrera.
Cabrera denied the accusations, but his former wife, Rivadero, and the former partner Micaela Escudero, also filed charges.
The 2007 US Open winner was arrested by Brazilian federal police on Interpol’s mandate in January 2021 and spent six months in a Brazilian prison before being extradited in his native country.
After being extradited to Argentina in June 2021, he was tried on accusations of assault, theft, illegal intimidation and repeated respect to the authorities.
He was found guilty of assault against Torres Mana while they were together from 2016 to 2018 and began to serve a two -year sentence immediately after the verdict.
In November 2022, he was sentenced to two years and an additional four months for the assault of his other former partner, Escudero. He served the two sentences simultaneously.
