The lawyer Jaime Caballero, in charge of the bailaor’s defense, announced this Friday that he is resigning from his position: “His only interest is knowing how much they are going to pay him for an exclusive”, has said. Very angry, he states that Rafael Amargo He has not even bothered to read the appeal that he presented to the judge to remove him from preventive detention and that he does not express any interest in his situation: “It is a lack of respect for any self-respecting professional.”
Gentleman has assured in VozPopuli who “can’t take it anymore”: “I hope my appeal succeeds but I will not be the one who goes to Soto to pick him up at the exit.”
A testimony that reveals the state in which Rafael Amargo is, having been in psychiatric treatment for several months. In fact, his alleged phobia of the press and the continuous attacks of panic and anxiety are the reasons that Caballero precisely alleged to justify his absence from court dates to sign his conditional release. This was the reason why the judge ordered his admission to Soto del Real due to “risk of flight.”
Amargo faces nine years in prison after being accused of selling drugs at his home in Madrid. He pleads his innocence, stating that they were “for his own consumption.” The trial has been scheduled for April 8. His family is devastated: “We have not gone to see him in prison because we do not have the strength. We have fought for years to help him, not to see him where he is, but he has not wanted to pay attention. He is sick and it is a very complicated illness,” he said. said his brother Miguel.