Overview
- Tribunal en lo Criminal No. 2 de Campana rejected Contardi’s bid for home confinement and kept preventive detention in place to secure the process.
- Contardi remains held at Unidad Penal No. 41 in Campana after an August sentence of 19 years for aggravated sexual abuse in a context of gender-based violence.
- Defense lawyer Fernando Ezequiel Sicilia sought house arrest or permission to visit the home four times a week to care for a four-month-old daughter, arguing the conviction is not yet final.
- The ruling notes the proposed domicile is where the abuses occurred and cites a prior assessment warning a return could reinstall dynamics of power, control or violence.
- Julieta Prandi publicly supported the denial, while the court said conditions justifying confinement persist given offense severity and an ongoing risk of flight.