Dancer’s lawyer Rafael Amargo requested release, believing that being detained for security reasons violated his fundamental rights. In the letter sent to the Provincial Court immediately after the artist had been on a hunger strike for a week, it was stated that there was no risk of escape because there was no risk of escape.
Lawyer Ana Isabel Peña said in a statement that she had just requested the freedom of the artist because “it violates the fundamental rights of the defendant so much that even the State Court noticed this and stated this in the last two courts.” The orders “denial of freedom”, which, in his opinion, “pointed verbatim to the same thing”.
Peña believes that “the law will finally come into force and Rafael will be released, because he now finds himself in an abnormal situation where, when he appears in court, he appears to be sentenced to prison for a crime (hence no risk of arrest (he escaped), but he has not been tried”), another at the hearing said. with reference to June 7, 2023, when the hearing was postponed due to the defendant waiving his attorney.
In his statements to EFE, the lawyer said that Amargo started hunger strike on January 4 to protest their situation.He continued this attitude, which he thought was unfair, until January 9, when his health was in danger because he caught Covid and lost a lot of weight.
Madrid District Court judges gave the order Entry to prison on November 3 Rafael Amargo, Until the hearing was held in April, upon the request of the prosecutor’s office, due to the risk of escape from the judicial authorities and the repeated violation of the obligation to sign every 15 days.
On November 29, the court rejected the artist’s objection and approved his decision to keep him in prison until the hearing next April, where he will sit in the defendant’s chair on charges of selling drugs. In their order, the magistrates detailed: did not fulfill the obligation to sign in courtHe does this “at a minimal percentage” and “when he believes it is appropriate” and also does not justify it medically.
At that time, the dancer changed his lawyer due to differences with the lawyer he had until then and hired Ana Isabel Peña, the lawyer of King César Román of Cachopo.
Rafael Amargo’s trial is scheduled for April 8, 10, 11 and 12, 2024. Following the restraining order made on June 7, due to theater producer Eduardo de Santos, another of the defendants, giving up his attorneyship.
Dancer Eduardo de Santos and one of the artist’s partners, Manuel Ángel Batista León, will stand trial, accused of being part of a group that trafficked drugs, especially methamphetamine, which they allegedly sold from Amargo’s apartment.
Before the hearing, the prosecution requested a nine-year prison sentence for the artist and producer and a six-year prison sentence for the other defendant.