The former Argentine soccer player Claudio Caniggia, runner-up in the world in Italy 1990, was prosecuted for the crime of “aggravated sexual abuse”, of which he was accused by his ex-wife and mother of his children, Mariana Nannis, and this tuesday was urged to appear when he returns to Buenos Aires from Spain.
The 56-year-old former striker was prosecuted with “provisional freedom” for a crime of aggravated sexual abuse against Nannis. The decision has been adopted by the national criminal and correctional court 18, subrogated by Judge Fabiana Palmaghini.
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The ruling also established that Caniggia “should refrain from having any kind of contact” with Nannis.
Despite the fact that the judge urged Caniggia to “inform and prove, more than five business days in advance when he will have to return” from Argentine territory, the prosecution found the player traveling in Spain, where he left on June 17.
The judge Caniggia was prohibited from leaving Argentina for 90 days on Tuesday without express authorization from the court and in case you want to do so, you must inform it 15 business days in advance.
Likewise, he ordered him to appear the next business day upon his return to Argentina, on July 8.
Your lawyer prepares an appeal
Caniggia’s lawyer, Fernando Burlando, told EFE that They will appeal the prosecution.
In February 2020, Nannis reported that in 2018 her ex-husband had raped her in a hotel room in Buenos Aires.
In March 2022, Caniggia had been investigated for these facts. He denied the charges and called the accusation by his ex-partner, to whom he was married for more than 33 years, false.
“When I wanted to leave, he told me: ‘If you go out that door, I’m going to kill you, you son of a bitch,'” said Nannis, who also claimed that Caniggia hit him repeatedly.
Caniggia denied having abused, beaten or threatened his ex-partner.
Their teams and their titles
Born in Henderson, Buenos Aires province, on January 9, 1967, Claudio Paul Caniggia made his football debut in 1985 at River Plate, with which he won, among other titles, a Copa Libertadores and an Intercontinental.
He also played for Boca Juniors, for the Italians Atalanta and Roma and the Portuguese Benfica, among other clubs, and was proclaimed champion with Argentina of the 1991 Copa América, the Confederations Cup and the Conmebol-USA Champions Cup.
