An ex-Barcelona physio is due in court accused of sexual abuse and is facing seven years in prison if found guilty, El Periodico has reported on Saturday.

The former Barça employee, named as Jaume J. LL, is alleged to have acted in a "lustful way" when a female member of staff sought treatment for a neck problem in 2016.

Once the accusation was made, Barça rescinded the contract of the physio in question.

The trial was due to start next week but everything suggests that the outbreak of coronavirus -- which is having massive implications on the sporting world, too -- will delay it.

As reported by El Periodico, the indictment states that in December 2016 Jaume. J. LL worked as a physiotherapist and osteopath at FC Barcelona, carrying out his job at the facilities located at the Camp Nou.

The prosecution reports that a fellow club employee who suffered a neck contracture was referred to him by the club doctor. On the final visit, on Dec. 19, 2016, according to the indictment, Jaume told the patient that he would work the groin area to treat a possible hip deviation, so he began to massage her there, but "little by little" he advanced his hands towards the woman's genitals. The woman reports that he abused her.

Following this action, Jaume, according to the prosecution's understanding, again massaged the patient's cervical region and, later, grabbed her breasts. The woman later filed the complaint that will now be tried in court.