The trial against the former governor of Tucumán, José Alperovich, added a new stage this Monday with a full day in which The complaint requested that he be sentenced to 22 years in prison. They also demanded that there be a preventive detention for considering him responsible for committing “multiple acts of sexual abuse of a varied nature” against his “then private secretary and second niece.”
Alperovich listened to the accusation accompanied by his children. The closing statement by prosecutor Sandro Abraldes is still pending, who announced that he will also require a prison sentence against the former president. For its part, The judge prohibited the defendant from leaving the court until the end of the hearing.
The plaintiff, Carolina Cymerman, began her argument before the judge ensuring that to commit all the acts of abuse, “the accused used his enormous power that he held at the work, family and political level throughout the province.” And he recalled that at that time, Alperovich had already been elected governor three times and was a national senator as well as an “ad honorem” advisor for the province.
After this argument, Cymerman specified details about how the former president committed all the situations; and together with his colleague, Pablo Rovatti, cThey considered the three acts of sexual abuse proven, plus the six acts of aggravated sexual violence for which they are accused.
“The testimony of the victim constitutes fundamental evidence in cases of sexual violence. His testimony is the first proof that tells the truth, that he has suffered greatly as a result of the violations committed by the accused. His testimony was forceful, he provided precisions and gruesome details. The idea of a fabricated story, as the defendant tried to establish, is ridiculous“Cymerman pointed out.
Trial against Alperovich for sexual abuse: they claim that they tried to bribe the victim
The complaint during the trial stated that There were several attempts to bribe the complainant to prevent these accusations against the former president from coming to light.
“There have been numerous times that Alperovich’s entourage approached him to offer money in exchange for his silence,” Cymerman assured and then added: “She rejected each and every one of those offers. From the month of May 2019 when she left the space, until the month of November when she denounced it, there were many who came forward to prevent her from the complaint will take public status in exchange for money. “This shows that the accusation is no surprise to Alperovich.”
Finally, he highlighted that the victim presented the complaint “as a path for safety, justice and to take her to whoever corresponds, and for healing.” There was no negotiation that would make her stop. It was something that liberated her.”
Trial against Alperovich: they deny the former governor’s accusations and demand a conviction
For his part, Rovatti referred to the accusations that the former governor launched last week to defend himself against allegations of sexual abuse.
“Alperovich said that all this is A big liethat he did not do anything of what he is accused of, that it is even a false complaint framed in a dirty campaign prepared by -the national deputy- Carlos Cisnerosan alleged lifelong enemy of his, and by -the former councilor of San Miguel de Tucumán and former partner of the alleged victim- David Mizrahi. None of this is credible or plausible: it makes no sense,” she pointed out.
Behind this, He asked the judge to sentence the former governor for the acts of simple, seriously outrageous and aggravated sexual abuse to a sentence of 22 years in prison, “given the seriousness of the injustice.” He also requested that, in the event of a conviction,preventive imprisonmentor until the sentence is final in order to avoid a “risk of flight” due to the “power that the accused still has.”
