The sociologist and tenured professor grade 5 of the Faculty of Social Sciences Ana Laura Rivoir denounced having been beaten by security guards from the Mandarine Club bowling alley, in the Prado, when she was on her way to make a claim for the alleged mistreatment that her son received in the establishment.
The teacher went on her way to look for her son’s lost identity card and reproached the security personnel for the situation that he had told her hours before. According to a statement on behalf of her family, the young man and his friends were prohibited from entering the dance, “in addition to having verbally abused them”, for which the woman, indignant, went to the premises to ask for explanations.
“The response of the people who controlled the entrance was to deny her access and not send her to the person in charge of the premises, as requested. Despite this, Ana Laura entered the premises and, not finding a person who would be responsible, decided to leave and She is approached by the people who controlled the entrance. It is there that she falls to the ground hitting her forehead, nose and eyes. She does not remember the immediately preceding event that caused her fall, but other people who were present indicate that they held her by the hands. hands causing him to fall helplessly. The injuries received are consistent with a fall of this type,” the message explains.
Given his mother’s delay, the young man decided to enter the dance hall to verify what was happening: “Bruno enters the premises and rebukes the people who were surrounding Ana, injured and bleeding, without paying attention to her. There the patovicas push and pull of the neck to Bruno who leaves the place with Ana Laura”, he details.
Sources from the Ministry of the Interior informed El Observador that the woman refused to be transferred by the police to be treated. Later, she made the complaint in the seventh section of Montevideo. The prosecutor Gabriela Fossati is in charge of the case and the Victims Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office is already in contact with Rivoir.
“We hope that the investigation reaches a conclusive result so that situations of violence with passivity or police complicity are not repeated. Yes, it is necessary to reflect on the way in which we are treating each other and how we are not taking care of ourselves among the people who live in this same society. It cannot be that a moment that has to be fun and joy becomes another of anguish, hatred and violence, “the statement added.
The partner and director of Mandarine, Nicolás García, denied the family’s version and told El País that he presented videos from the security cameras to the police. “There are more than 20 witnesses to what happened,” he said.
For its part, the University of the Republic expressed its support for Rivoir and expressed solidarity with his family while repudiating the reported attacks. “The University of the Republic expresses its solidarity with Ana Rivoir and her family, rejects the attacks received and invites reflection in the face of the current climate of violence. In turn, it awaits the prompt action of Justice in this particular case and calls all political, institutional and organized civil society actors to reflect on and commit to peace, a necessary condition for life in a democratic society,” he concluded.
