Overview

• Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal N°2 de Campana unanimously convicted Claudio Contardi of aggravated sexual abuse in mid-August, finding his offenses formed part of a systematic campaign of psychological, economic and physical violence against Julieta Prandi.
• Judges ordered his immediate detention; Contardi spent his first hours in Comisaría 5° de Escobar before being transferred to Alcaidía La Plata 3.
• Defense attorney Fernando Sicilia filed a habeas corpus petition arguing that Contardi’s custody is unjustified until the sentence is final and is requesting house arrest or release.
• Julieta Prandi and her family hailed the verdict as justice served, and media coverage of the trial has spurred The Orlando Books to reprint her memoir-based novel.
• Planned appeals to the Cámara de Apelación y Garantías and higher courts mean final enforcement of the 19-year term will await appellate rulings.