The 16-year-old woman who reported having been the victim of a rape at a National Party party held on April 1 to celebrate the victory of the No in the referendum declared before the Prosecutor’s Office that he did not consent to the sexual relationship with any of the men he indicates as abusers.
The teenager, a militant of the National Party, narrated that she was raped by four people at different times of the party. One of those moments occurred in a bathroom with two people. The woman alleges that she never gave her consent..
Regarding the other two, which were in different instances, she indicated that she felt forced and partly coerced into being with themsaid to The Observer the lawyer Vanessa Casciano, who together with Joaquín Abal defends women.
Casciano pointed out that his client “I was not in a position to consent”although he stated that that is one of the points that will be in question in the event that the judicial process advances.
The teenager’s statement in court does not coincide with what she told the police the night of the events, when she stated that she consented to the relationship with two people.
The forensic examination carried out on Tuesday 5 did not detect acute injuries at the time of the genital physical examination, although according to the forensic this element is not conclusive to rule out rape.
At the request of the defense and the prosecution, the woman will testify again in the coming days, while the surveillance cameras that were in place and the result of the medical procedure that was applied that night in two different clinics will be analyzed to determine if there was a violation.
Of the four people allegedly involved, the woman identified three, two of whom are members of important party lists.
“La Fiesta Celeste”, in which minors participated, had a menu of alcoholic beverages that included drinks (Gintonic, Fernet with coke, fruity Daikir and whisky), draft beer and bottles of wine that were sold at the bar for a fee. cash.
The woman who reported the rape was one of the minors who consumed alcohol, although the intake was “minimal”, as stated.
The party was organized by the party’s Montevideo Departmental Youth Commission and by alternate senator Sergio Delpino, who provided the venue at a farm he owned located on Camino O’Higgins.
One of the party organizers told The Observer that “in some cases” alcohol was given to minors but He pointed out that this was not an atypical event in this type of event and in the political sphere, but rather a “structural” scourge.
Asked for his opinion regarding the sale of alcohol to minors at a party party, Del Pino preferred not to respond, excusing himself in the judicial proceedings.
Meanwhile, the president of the nationalist Directory, Pablo Iturralde, told The Observer that the party assumed responsibility for an event in which “many errors” and that it did not have the appropriate protocols.
“We are sad and hurt by everything that happened”Iturralde said. “If there is alcohol, there shouldn’t be minors, and if there are minors, there shouldn’t be alcohol,” he added. In this sense, the president of the board of directors stated that he is working with Christian Macías, president of the Montevideo youth department, to educate in the values of membership.
As soon as it took judicial status, Iturralde made available to the prosecution “all the party’s institutions.” In fact, it was he who connected the lawyer Casciano with the victim and her family. Casciano is a party activist specializing in gender issues. She accepted the proposal but yes they guaranteed that they would let her do her professional homework if any kind of interference. “Iturralde told me to go as far as I had to go, to give back what had to be given, to do what I had to do”said the lawyer, who joined the defense of Abal, who was chosen by the family who had been chosen by the family and who is outside the activity of the National Party.
