Overview
- Juan Francisco Trigatti, 49, was found guilty of abusing five pupils during 2021 physical education classes at a kindergarten in Santa Fe’s Yapeyú neighborhood.
- The panel of Fabio Mudry, Fernando Gentile Bersano and Bruno Netri confirmed the 12-year term that had been imposed by the appellate court midyear.
- Judges validated the charges of gravely outrageous sexual abuse repeated in four cases and simple sexual abuse in a fifth case.
- Prosecutors Matías Broggi and Jorgelina Moser Ferro, joined by complainant attorney Carolina Walker, argued to sustain the sentence in a horizontal appeal hearing.
- The case began after relatives filed complaints when the girls disclosed what happened, and prosecutors said Trigatti exploited his authority by using games to get close; after the June ruling they sought his preventive detention.