Gabriel Boric’s lawyer said Chile’s president received “explicit photos” from the woman who complained of sexual harassment against him
Counsel to the President of Chile, gabriel boricconfirmed it The President has been the subject of a complaint for the alleged crime of sexual harassmentIn a press conference this Tuesday he confirmed that the complaint “baseless,
Advocate Jonathan Valenzuela Saldias Denied that the reported incidents occurred and assured that in this case the victim is the leader,
He said that between July 2013 and July 2014, President Boryk “was the victim of systematic harassment via email by an adult woman He met her during his professional practice in Punta Arenas.”
Borrick, according to his lawyer, Received up to 25 emails coming from different directionssent by the same personOne of them involves “Sending explicit images unsolicited and without consent“, Pure.
The lawyer revealed that ten years later, on 6 September 2014, The email sender filed a complaint with the Magallanes Regional Prosecutor’s OfficeBoric, based in his hometown of Punta Arenas, belongs to the leftist Frente Amplio and assumed the presidency of Chile on March 11, 2022.
In legal proceedings, Woman accuses Boric of circulating private photos and sexual harassmentBut, according to the lawyer, these events never happened.
,My client has never had an emotional or friendly relationship with her and there has been no communication between them since July 2014.he adds.
The lawyer announced that Boric, 38, “Denies and clearly denies the complaintAnd This will be displayed in the corresponding examples“, he said.
Magallanes Regional Prosecutor’s Office and this chile antarctic The existence of a criminal case linked to the complaint of sexual harassment Against Borrick.
regional prosecutor Christian Crisosto He clarified that the complaint is in the initial stages and has not yet been formalized, although the investigation is ongoing.
“With regard to the statement published by lawyer Jonathan Valenzuela Saldias, The Regional Prosecutor’s Office of Magellan and Chilean Antarctica may say that there is indeed a criminal case Relative to the indicated facts, Crisosto explained.
The prosecutor also clarified that the reason “distorted“That is, the formal judicial process has not yet begun, but various procedures related to the investigation are already being completed.
Crisosto also emphasized that the reason for this is a reserved characterThere is something common about this type of investigation.
,We are working with a team with expertise in this and, by the way, the reason is confidential.“, he said, without giving details about the exact nature of the complaint or the progress of the investigation, adding that the proceedings would continue in the coming weeks.
The investigation will continue under strict confidentiality measures.
(With information received from agencies)