The father of Lucas Pertossi, one of the rugbiers accused of beating young Fernando Báez Sosa to death in the resort town of Villa Gesell, on January 18, 2020, assured this Tuesday that his son “is totally innocent”, since ” he didn’t kill anyone” and “he is in prison for something unjust”.
This is Marcos Pertossi, father of Lucas (23), who spoke with the television program Telenoche where he said that his son is only “in prison for filming” and for saying the word “expired” in WhatsApp audio.
“He is totally innocent, the truth is that it is still not understood that he is in prison for filming and saying the word expired”, when “he is very used to speaking that way” and “at no time did he think the boy was dead”played Marcos Pertosi.
According to her version of the events that culminated in the Báez Sosa crime, her son was “sitting down” and saw “a friend” being beaten, whom he went to separate, filming the situation with his cell phone.
“What Lucas feels I feel, the pain is very strong. Lucas is in prison, he is deprived of his freedom, for something that I really do not understand,” said the man.
About his son he said that “he is a naughty boy, he does not fight with anyone, he likes to film, it is a hobby”
In this sense, Marcos added: “Lucas has nothing to do with this, Lucas did nothing, Lucas is in prison for something unfair.”
“I still don’t understand how the prosecutor (Verónica Zamboni) can determine that he is a direct participant, since he is filming, filming and beating at the same time,” the man said.
In addition, he said that his son spends 21 hours a day “prisoner, guarded, three hours in the yard, what is happening is inhumane, this justice system is failing.”
In another section of the interview, Marcos referred to the family of the murdered student, and pointed out that he puts himself “in the place” of Fernando’s parents and that he also has “that pain”, he knows “what they are feeling” , being “on the other side”.
“My belly hurts, my stomach hurts from just thinking, there are nights that I don’t sleep and I think about this boy a lot,” Lucas’s father asserted.
Finally, he said that his son “is a naughty boy, he doesn’t fight with anyone, he likes to film, it’s a hobby.” “He is not a murderer, he is not bad, he has no bad intentions, he lives happily with the things he does, he did not kill anyone”he concluded.
The accused
In addition to Lucas, there are Ciro (21) and Luciano Pertossi (20), Enzo Comelli (22), Máximo Thomsen (22), Ayrton Viollaz (22), Matías Benicelli (22) and Blas Cinalli (20) were arrested.
The eight rugbiers are charged with the crime of “aggravated homicide by treachery and by the premeditated competition of two or more people”, and also for “minor injuries” suffered by friends of Fernando who were with him the morning of the crime.
Two other young people accused of being necessary participants were dismissed in the case: Juan Pedro Guarino (20) and Alejo Milanesi (21).
the trial
The trial for the case will start on Monday, January 2, 2023in the middle of the summer judicial fair, and will take place throughout 22 dayswith the participation of more than 130 witnesses.
The hearings will be held at the Palacio de Tribunales de Dolores, located at 141 Belgrano Street in that city of Buenos Aires, and the Oral Criminal Court 1 (TOC) 1 will be made up of judges María Claudia Castro, Christian Rabaia and Emiliano Lázzari.
According to the case instruction, developed by prosecutor Zamboni, the defendants attacked Báez Sosa between 4:41 and 5 on January 18, 2020, in front of the dance venue located on Avenida 3 and Paseo 102.
According to Zamboni, the eight young people “agreed to kill” the young law student, and for this “previously, they functionally distributed their roles”after “minutes before, when they were inside the dance hall, they had an altercation” with him, “who was accompanied by his group of friends.”
The episode was recorded by security cameras and cell phones of witnesses, so the suspects were identified and arrested hours later in the house they rented.a few blocks from the place.
