The Prison Court docket confirmed this Wednesday the prosecution of Mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinozafollowing a criticism of sexual harassment. On this method, the chief accused by his former secretary was one step away from oral trial.
Chamber VII of the Home confirmed the choice of the Choose Maria Galletti, who had dominated a prosecution for the crimes of easy sexual abuse and disobedience. As well as, preventive measures had been imposed together with a ban on approaching and contacting the sufferer, with a minimal distance of 5 hundred meters throughout all the prison course of; an embargo on Espinoza’s private belongings to cowl the sum of $1,500,000 and the provisional launch of the mayor.
The choice was made by the Judges Juan Cicciaro and Rodolfo Pociello Argerich which coincided with the official place of the prosecutor Mauricio Vieira, who had decided the affirmation of the prosecution.
Espinoza’s protection, in the meantime, requested that the prosecution be revoked and the Chamber additionally ratified the embargo of 1,500,000 pesos on the mayor’s belongings. The ruling, on this context, places the case able to be despatched to public and oral trial.
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Fernando Espinoza, accused by his former secretary.
The prosecution of Fernando Espinoza for sexual abuse
The account within the file particulars an incident through which Espinoza allegedly started kissing the sufferer’s breasts and touching her over her clothes, whereas telling her: “Don’t be concerned, I at all times wished you, every thing will likely be positive.” Throughout the wrestle, Espinoza tried to tug down her pants and ripped her shirt, insisting that she carry out oral intercourse on him.
The sufferer managed to withstand, and the scenario lastly ended when Espinoza, pissed off at not having the ability to pull down his pants, obtained dressed and left the place, saying: “Okay, that is it, it is throughout, I am leaving, that is it, don’t be concerned.”
In a press release from the municipal press workplace, the mayor pressured when the information broke that it was “a fully false criticism” and “a fabricated lie.” Within the textual content, he requested to let “justice act” and recalled the 2 requests for dismissal made by the Prosecutor’s Workplace in 2022 and 2023.
