Chilean Prosecutors Seek 22‑Year Prison Term for Jorge Valdivia

Overview

• Prosecutors asked a court on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, for a 22-year sentence, filing a formal accusation that charges Valdivia with two rapes, one sexual abuse and one aggravated sexual abuse.
• The charges stem from two complaints about encounters in October 2024, including a reported incident on the night of Oct. 17–18 and a separate encounter on Oct. 20 in which one complainant says she lost memory after drinking.
• Valdivia has faced repeated pre-trial custody battles: he was ordered to preventive detention twice, a Chilean appeals court alternated confinement orders, and the Supreme Court revoked preventive detention on Jan. 6, 2025 citing flaws in the earlier reasoning.
• The defence rejects the accusations, says the encounters were consensual, points to recorded material to support its version and invokes the presumption of innocence, while the prosecution has listed witnesses including former deputy Maite Orsini.
• The case remains under investigation and awaiting trial, and the prosecution’s 22-year request intensifies scrutiny of how Chile’s courts handle high-profile sexual‑crime probes and pre-trial restrictions.