Buenos Aires, December 20 (NA) -- Pablo Hawlena Gianotti, lawyer for the complainant families, described the progress in the case against businessman Marcelo Porcel, accused of sexually abusing at least ten of his son's classmates, as an 'achievement obtained in solitude'. According to information obtained by the Argentine News Agency, the lawyer emphasized the 'strength of the evidence' and questioned the slowness of the State, pointing out that despite having computer expert reports and testimonies from 'Cámara Gesell' (court-ordered psychological evaluations), the judge decided to maintain an 'expectant stance' under the argument of procedural economy. 'In the next school that accepts them,' sentenced Hawlena Gianotti, demanding a prison sentence for aggravated sexual abuse and corruption of minors. 'We requested the interrogation and detention of Mr. Marcelo Eduardo Porcel on November 27 of this year, 2025,' stated Hawlena Gianotti in a television interview, highlighting that the accused operated under a 'behavioral matrix' to prey on minors. The school in Palermo. The case, which has caused shock in the educational community of the Palermo Chico school, details how Porcel, 51, used the school camaraderie of his sons as a 'hunting ground'. The predator follows the pack: 'where will the next pack of prey be?' 'This person always kept his prey under his control. According to the complaint, the businessman attracted teenagers aged 13 and 14 to his home in the Le Park tower or to his offices, where he induced them to drink alcohol and engage in illegal betting through transfers of money to virtual wallets. 'The ultimate goal was, by capturing the will, to sexually self-satisfy by achieving the nudity of the minors,' explained the lawyer, who confirmed the discovery of images of a minor obtained with a hidden camera in a shower inside a cell phone seized from the accused. Although the criminal investigation against the son of the founder of Argencard formally began in 2024 after revelations emerged in 2022, the businessman has still not been summoned for questioning nor has a preventive prison order been issued against him. While the complainant and the Public Prosecutor's Office warn of the risk that the accused will seek new victims, justice has only ordered restrictive measures of approach.
