Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou remain waiting. And this wait, we do not know when it will end since the examination of the dismissal by judge Eleonora Arenas, who must confirm or not the decision of the prosecutors in favor of dropping the charges against the two indicted, has been postponed to an indefinite date.
We recall that this new postponement is due to the appeal of Me Natacha Romano, who represents the plaintiff, who challenges the refusal of Judge Arenas to add new elements (expert statements and medical reports) that she presented on file. And inevitably, this procedure provoked the anger of the defense lawyers. Me Rafael Cuneo Libarona denounced, as reported by AFP, a maneuver “absurd” et “dilatory” on the part of the prosecution camp which would therefore seek to delay by all means the announcement of the dismissal of the case in favor of the two French internationals.
Prosecution lawyer withdrew from case
Note that Me Natacha Romano is no longer assisted in the defense of the plaintiff, by Me Mauricio Cardello, who would have given up a few days ago, as indicated by Le Parisien. A withdrawal decided by the family according to Me Natacha Romano but we can have doubts when we know Me Cardello himself said, a short time ago: “the die is cast”. Did the lawyer want to disavow his colleague and her actions in this matter?
To summarize
Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou remain waiting. And this wait, we do not know when it will end since the examination of the dismissal by judge Eleonora Arenas, who must confirm or not the decision of the prosecutors in favor of dropping the charges against the two indicted, has been postponed to an indefinite date. Defense lawyers widely criticized this initiative by the prosecution lawyer, who also lost a colleague to assist her in this case.