Overview
- La Plata’s Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal V, presided by Judge Ezequiel Medrano, convicted García and ordered immediate detention with the sentence to be served at a La Plata domicile under electronic monitoring and travel restrictions.
- Prosecutor Lucas Domsky had requested eight years and the private accuser sought ten, citing contemporaneous audios, calls, chats and photos that the court deemed probative.
- García’s defense signaled it will appeal the conviction after arguing at trial that the encounter was consensual and seeking an acquittal.
- The victim welcomed the verdict with a public statement and her legal team said it will move to overturn the house‑arrest benefit.
- Peñarol rescinded García’s contract immediately pursuant to a clause tied to an Argentine conviction.