Overview
- Rivas appeared before Investigating Court No. 4 in Granada as an investigated person and answered only her own lawyer’s questions during roughly an hour of testimony.
- Her defense submitted hospital reports, photos of injuries and audio recordings alleging the child was mistreated by his father, evidence tied to a separate criminal case in Cagliari that remains in early stages.
- The court denied a request to record and distribute her testimony and ordered that any video of the statement not be provided to the parties, citing the need to shield the minor from further exposure.
- The father’s legal team emphasized that the Spanish case examines possible noncompliance with a February 18 Italian order to return the child, who was delivered to his father on July 25 and now lives in Carloforte.
- Because Rivas received a conditional partial pardon after a 2018 abduction conviction, a new conviction could reactivate that sentence, as her lawyers say they will seek the case’s dismissal.