Buenos Aires, November 19 (NA) -- Gonzalo Pedro Escaray stated that his client, Mariel Oleiro, “endured years of aggression” by her ex-partner, Luciano Napolitano, son of guitarist Norberto “Pappo” Napolitano, who must serve a sentence of 3 years and 8 months in prison for gender-based violence, injuries, threats, and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
According to the communiqué accessed by the Argentine News Agency, the lawyer explained: “This ruling confirms what we have maintained from day one: Mariel told the truth, she suffered violence, and Justice finally listened to her, despite all the attempts by Luciano Napolitano and his defenders to plant the idea of a false complaint or that the victim was a liar, manipulator, or had an ulterior motive.”
“The ruling is conclusive and demonstrates that a judicial process cannot be undermined by contradictions, changing versions, or strategies that seek to discredit the woman who files the complaint.”
“The Court evaluated the context of violence in which the events occurred, and made it clear that the Chamber of Appeals had applied criteria far from a gender perspective,” continued the lawyer.
In this sense, Escaray added that “Mariel endured years of aggression and a huge emotional toll to get to this point. The fact that the conviction is firm is an act of reparation and a clear message: gender-based violence admits no relativization, and the voices of victims must be heard and respected.”
Initially, Napolitano had been acquitted by the Chamber of Appeals and Guarantees of San Isidro after signing a plea deal, but the Supreme Court of the Province, after the appeal filed by the injured party and the Prosecutor's Office, reversed that sentence and reinstated the conviction.
The highest provincial court held that the acquittal ruling by the Chamber was arbitrary, fragmented in its probative evidence, and incorrectly applied gender-based judging standards by omitting conclusive evidence such as messages, testimonies, technical reports, police interventions, and expert reports.
