The actor Juan Darthés He was sentenced to six years in prison for sexual abuse. Thelma Fardinaccording to Amnesty International sources. Clarion.
Darthés was convicted by the Federal Court of Second Instance of Brazil. In the first instance he had been acquitted.
He must serve his sentence in a semi-open regime, that is, he will be able to work but must return to prison to sleep every night.
After the Brazilian justice system confirmed the guilt of Juan Darthés in the rape trial against Thelma Fardin, the actress and Amnesty International are calling a press conference for this afternoon.
The actress Thelma Fardin, Paola García Rey, deputy director of Amnesty International Argentina, Carla Andrade Junqueira, Thelma’s lawyer before the Brazilian justice system, and Martín Arias Duval, lawyer before the Argentine justice system, will speak.
The trial against Darthés
In May of last year, Darthés had been acquitted in the first instance of the crime of rape against Fardin in the Brazilian Justice, which considered that there was not enough evidence to prove the rape in 2009. The sentence was appealed.
According to Carla Junqueira and Martín Arias Duval, Fardin’s lawyers, the lack of evidence referred to in the ruling has to do with carnal access, which according to the legislation of that country was necessary to prove for the crime of rape.
Yes, they were proven, although other abusive practices by the then 45-year-old actor against the 16-year-old girl were already criminally prescribed, according to Fardin’s own lawyers.
The trial began on November 30, 2021, two years after Fardin filed the complaint for aggravated sexual abuse in December 2018 in Nicaragua, for events allegedly committed in 2009 on a tour of the Argentine novel “Patito Feo”, when both They were part of the cast and she was 16 years old.
How was the process
Darthés testified in October 2022 for the first time within the framework of the trial that began in November 2021 and which had several interruptions caused by the actor’s defense, which tried to postpone his statement and even annul the process.
“This trial is important for the Public Ministry because it is an emblematic case that represents many other cases with the same characteristics, such as having serious rates of impunity, something that has to do with the lack of credibility for the victims, judicial biases, They are stigmatized, as if they are inventing,” prosecutor Mariela Labozzetta, head of the UFEM, had said in her letter.
“Thelma’s is a late complaint, ten years later, something that is very common in this crime. But the judicial system has to have a response to these cases, look for strategies even if there is not much evidence. This was a process in which all the guarantees were met and a sentence will be reached, we hope it will be soon,” he added.
The actress filed a complaint for aggravated sexual abuse against Darthés in December 2018 in Nicaragua, for an incident in 2009 during a tour of “Patito Feo”, when both were part of the cast and she was 16 years old and he was 45.
The judicial process, in which three countries – Argentina, Brazil and Nicaragua – participate, was interrupted in February 2023 due to a proposal from the defense of the accused. This resolution was appealed by Fardin, who managed to get the Regional Court to order that the case continue to be processed in federal justice.
