The prosecutor of the Lava Jato Special Team, Jose Domingo Perezsent a notarized letter to the journalist Phillip Butters in which he demands a public and immediate rectification for “all the statements he has made” against him, within the framework of an investigation for alleged illicit enrichment due to an alleged asset imbalance, which was archived at the beginning of November.
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According to the document sent by Domingo Pérez, in September of last year buttersduring his program Combutters, assured that “he had the bomb” against Gustavo Gorriti and, furthermore, he publicly attributed the commission of a crime to the member of the Public Ministry, disseminating—according to the prosecutor—false and insulting information.
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These were the statements that Domingo Pérez asked Butters to rectify: “I am in a position to affirm that Peru is going to introduce a new corrupt person: José Domingo Pérez (…) There is a very clear asset imbalance in the case of a prosecutor. It turns him into a thief, he is corrupt (…) José Domingo Pérez, who today continues investigating the cases and continues chasing people around, cannot be qualified to be either a supreme prosecutor, a superior prosecutor or anything, if he has a large badge under his neck. corrupt.”
Notarial letter from José Domingo Pérez to Phillip Butters, part one
Along the same lines, prosecutor Pérez recalled that on April 4 and July 1, butters would have once again spread “offending statements (…) insisting on the false accusation that I had been illicitly enriched.”
Likewise, the member of the Lava Jato Special Team He pointed out that, on December 2 of this year, butters He published other false statements on his X account (formerly Twitter).
“These repeated statements confirm the continuity of defamatory conduct, aimed at consolidating in public opinion the idea that I had committed a serious crime of corruption,” claimed Pérez Gómez.
José Domingo Pérez to Phillip Butters: “All of Peru rejects lies”
In the final part of the notarial letter, Domingo Perez He emphasized that spreading false accusations, despite the existence of a firm judicial resolution, constitutes the alleged crime of aggravated defamation. Likewise, the prosecutor recalled the day when Butters was poorly received in Puno and was rejected by the citizens.
“Not only the south of our country rejects the land campaigns; all of Peru rejects the lies, falsehoods and hate speech that some use to sustain a climate of impunity and misinformation,” he expressed.
“Peru demands truthfulness, responsibility and respect, especially from those who use the media to influence public opinion,” he said.
Notarial letter from José Domingo Pérez to Phillip Butters, second part
