The lawyer assured that what Ricci expressed from prison is the same as he declared during the interrogations in the trial.
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A strong controversy broke out in Colombia after Andrés Gustavo Ricci Garcíacondemned to 45 years and 9 months in prison For the femicide of the renowned athlete Luz Mery Tristánpublish a video from the prison of PICALEÑA, IN IBAGUÉ (Tolima).
The video, from more than 27 minutesit was disseminated on platforms such as YouTube and Tiktokand although its content has been replicated in social networks, The comment box was deactivated or restrictedwhich has prevented the interaction of users with this surprising public appearance of the convicted.
Why did the video generate so much controversy?
Ricci was found guilty for the murder that occurred last August 4, 2023fact that shocked the country and the world of sports. The recent video has been qualified as a media strategy, which has caused outrage between social sectors and defenders of women’s rights.
Faced with the dissemination of the video, his defense lawyer, Álvaro Díazsaid the material was recorded and published with Inpec authorization and that “have no restriction” to share it on social networks.
“Neither the Judges of the Republic nor the Inpec have the power to limit those publications unless they are committing illegal behaviors or acts contrary to the legal regime,” said Diaz.
What did Ricci’s defense say?
The lawyer indicated that «Ricci has not been defeated in trial«, Since the judgment issued in the first instance It was appealedso, according to him, he still covers the right to the presumption of innocence.
He also indicated that what Ricci said in the video is the same as he presented during the trial. “There is nothing new, simply that goes to the community,” said the defender.
In addition, he questioned the position of the Governor of the Valley, Dilian Francisca Torowho strongly criticized the publication. Díaz described his intervention as “aggressive” and defended the right of his client to express freely.
He also mentioned the media, ensuring that during the judicial process they favored the version of the family of Luz Mery Tristan and They never gave space to Ricci’s defense“He did not have the opportunity to rule,” he said, and that he was always published against the convicted today, “there are many favorable things.”
«The community also has the right to know the truth. There is the right not only to communicate to its social nucleus, before its family, but the family of the social nucleus has the right to receive the complete information. I consider that here there have been biased, partialized information, and with what is happening, the society, the family, is receiving much broader information and will have the opportunity to make its own assessments, its own raciocinios, to determine what has really happened in this case of Mr. Ricci García, ”he concluded.
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