In due course, we will request payment of financial compensation for the personal and family damage caused by an illogical investigation and the erroneous judgment to which he is subjected in the Cocktails caseannounced the lawyer of the former treasurer of Fuerza 2011, geneticist and biologist Antonietta Gutiérrez Rosati.
The defense attorney did not specify whether the lawsuit will be directed against the State or the prosecutor of the Special Team of the Lava Jato case, José Domingo Pérez or if it will include any judge from the Judiciary.
“Given these years, more than 10 years of investigation, from the preliminary stage, everything that this process has entailed, emotional wear and tear, the deterioration of his international and national activity, his professional prestige, personal damage and his family, we will request compensation in due time,” said the lawyer.
Antonietta Gutierrez and her defense attorney
Antoniietta Gutiérrez’s defense made this announcement when presenting her opening statement before the Third Collegiate Criminal Court who conducts the trial Keiko Fujimori and 39 others accused of crimes of criminal organization, money laundering, obstruction of justice and false statements in administrative proceedings.
Antonietta Gutiérrez Rosati, the lawyer explained, is a geneticist, biology specialist and professor at the Agrarian University, who, out of political and environmental interest, joined Fuerza 2011 in 2009, being appointed secretary for environmental issues and, in addition to her duties, in July 2009, she was charged with organizing the party’s treasury area.
As treasury organizer, she conducted training activities, implemented software for income and expense control, and on March 30, 2010, opened two bank accounts for the party, one in soles and one in dollars, with funds from the initial balance sheet presented to ONPE on May 28, 2010.
Hearing of the trial of the cocktail case
In addition, according to the prosecution, he would have participated in seven other deposits made by Adriana Tarazona in September, October and December 2010 and January and February 2011, he noted.
The lawyer stated that since September 28, 2010 he had requested leave from the party for activities outside the country and, upon his return, In December 2010, he submitted his resignation, which was registered with ONPE in February 2011.
Based on these facts, the defense points out that Antonietta Gutiérrez was no longer a member of Fuerza 2011 when, according to the prosecution, the funds of illicit origin were collected and entered into the financial system by the so-called pitufos.
Therefore, he considered it illogical and a mistake to put him on trial and that The prosecution requests a sentence of 22 years and 10 months in prison against Gutiérrez Rosati for crimes of criminal organization and money laundering.
Deputy prosecutor Paulina Roque participated in the hearing.
The lawyer requested the acquittal of the former treasurer of Fuerza 2011. It is assumed that once he is cleared of the accusation and the case against him is filed, he will proceed to make his claim for civil compensation.
Antonietta Gutiérrez’s defense is not the only one that speaks of a process without evidentiary and theoretical support, but it is the first to leave open the possibility of a claim for financial compensation for the alleged abuse of Public ministry or the error of the Judiciary in carrying out and validating the investigation and public trial.
