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Argentine Prosecutor Seeks Oral Trial for Ex of Singer Lourdes Fernández on Gender-Violence Charges

The filing invokes international due‑diligence duties to press forward in a case of alleged intimate‑partner violence.

Overview

  • Prosecutor Silvana Russi asked Judge Diego Slupski to send Leandro Esteban García Gómez to oral trial on aggravated light injuries, aggravated unlawful deprivation of liberty, and three counts of coercive threats.
  • The accused has been in preventive detention since November 4, a measure later upheld by Sala V of the National Criminal Appeals Chamber.
  • Prosecutors outline a sustained pattern of physical and psychological abuse from 2020 to October 2025, citing manipulation, control, and the victim’s progressive isolation.
  • Key incidents include alleged assaults on January 19 and October 1–2, followed by an October 17–23 episode that led to a Palermo raid where the singer was safeguarded and the suspect was arrested after being found hiding in a closet.
  • Russi requested DOVIC support for the victim during the trial stage and referenced OVD assessments describing “relational entrapment,” while grounding the case in Belém do Pará and CEDAW obligations.