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Melissa Klug Urges Prosecutors to Detain Bryan Torres After Assault Video Surfaces

Authorities consider acting ex officio as the alleged victim declines to pursue a case.

Overview

  • Klug filed a complaint alleging attempted feminicide and asked the Fiscalía to impose a travel ban or preliminary detention, citing reports that Torres may try to leave Peru.
  • Officials from the Ministry of Women said Samahara Lobatón declined institutional help and has not filed her own complaint, though protective steps are being initiated ex officio.
  • Klug stated the original recording of the incident lasts about 20 minutes and said copies are held by Samahara, Torres, his lawyer, a friend of Samahara, and Torres’s mother.
  • Torres resumed performances with Barrio Fino and faced public rebukes and questions from reporters, to which he did not respond on camera.
  • Following the video’s circulation, Torres closed his Instagram account and hired Estudio Salas Beteta Abogados, whose attorney cautioned against media pressure on judicial decisions.