Overview

• A Zárate-Campana court found Contardi guilty of repeated sexual abuse with carnal access alongside psychological, economic violence and threats before imposing a 19-year prison term
• Judges ordered his immediate detention and his entry in the national registry of sexual offenders following the verdict
• Julieta Prandi described the sentence as exemplary, said “Today I begin to live” and reported that her two children remain in crisis
• Lead counsel Claudio Nitzcamer exited the defense team after sentencing and Fernando Sicilia has taken over with intentions to file habeas corpus or appeal motions
• Separately, Julieta Silva’s new lawyer Roberto Castillo argued that her domestic-violence charges lack probative support and are tainted by social stigma