Influencer's conviction for meddling with Argentine First Lady upheld
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- 13 Sep 2022
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Argentine influencer Eduardo Miguel Prestofelippo's sentence to 30 days' house arrest for harassing First Lady Fabiola Yáñez has been upheld Monday. As a result of the measure, the convicted felon is to wear an ankle device for the duration of his sentence.
Prestofelippo, who goes by the handle “El Presto” and proudly boasts a picture of him in his younger days with former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, must also undertake a course at the National Institute against Discrimination (INADI) called “Workshop on gender violence and respect for women.”
He is also banned from coming within 200 meters of Yáñez for a full year. He was sentenced earlier this year to 30 days of effective imprisonment for harassing and discriminating against Yáñez through social media. His conviction was upheld Monday by a Buenos Aires Misdemeanor Court.
The sentence will be served at his home for health reasons and he will have to wear an electronic anklet, in addition to bearing the costs of the court proceedings.
Monday's ruling may be appealed before the Superior Court of Justice of the City of Buenos Aires.
“El Presto” published in 2020 a series of videos on his Youtube channel and Facebook. In one of those videos he addresses President Alberto Fernández: ”If tomorrow on Twitter I publish a picture of your wife in the balls, because she has them because it is your wife's past, I will end up in jail (...). You have to have balls, you didn't look for a girl from her house, you looked for a girl that the big TV channels don't know her precisely for being the first lady, they know her for other records, stop fucking around Alberto, stop fucking around (sic).“ Read More...
