Rafael Amargo’s lawyer stands up for the dancer after his imminent entry into provisional prison

The Provincial Court of Madrid has ordered the bailaor’s imprisonment Rafael Amargo (48) for breach of precautionary measures and risk of flight in relation to the trial that will be held next April for alleged drug sales in his previous apartment in the Malasaña neighborhood of the capital. His lawyer, Jaime Caballerohas spoken about his situation, ensuring that they are going to present an appeal so that he does not remain imprisoned until the trial date.

The entry is imminent, it will take place in the next few hours, and it was agreed this Thursday after the celebration of a prison preview in Section 30 between the parties as a result of the breach by Amargo of the precautionary measure that he had to sign. in the court closest to your home. Apparently, the bailaor had requested to sign at the Provincial Court of Madrid but he did not do so on several occasions, which led to this hearing being held. At the hearing, the representative of the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office requested his imprisonment for breach of precautionary measure and risk of flight until the trial for this case is held.

Regarding the order to enter provisional prison, the lawyer explained: “This is something that was possible for a few weeks if not a few months. This began in the month of April when we were required to justify some absence sporadically, that is, he signed every fifteen days, but there were times when he did not sign,” he noted in Cuatro. On Telecinco he has also assured that he has not signed when he has reciprocated “for health reasons“.

In this sense, the lawyer added: “From there we began to present documentation proving his health status, including a forensic medical report and we were waiting to receive other types of information regarding reports from medical specialists, in this case, psychiatrists.”

Caballero has assured that while they were waiting for these reports, the prosecutor’s office moved forward: ”They have moved forward with this request 505, which is the hearing of precautionary measures and in this case with the direct request for entry into prison that was yesterday . Today at 12 we have requested the order, there is no doubt, in the sense of the prosecutor’s request.”

It has been said that the artist will enter provisional prison until April of next year, when the trial date is held: ”We are going to present an appeal within three days arguing all this and something else that we keep for the defense.“But obviously I hope that he will not be in prison for the month of April and that he will be able to walk voluntarily to his trial.”

Caballero has also revealed the conversation he had with his client this Thursday: “We were talking a lot in the sense that this possibility was possible and he told me ‘I hope they don’t do the same thing with me as with Eduardo because he hasn’t appeared and I have shown up.’ always’. He felt mistreated for being a public person.“. They allege that the other accused, Juan Eduardo SB., Amargo’s production assistant, did not sign before the Court when it corresponded and they have acted the same against both of them.

The lawyer has also defended that the dancer had no intention of leaving the country: “He is very surprised and quite disappointed.. He has been without a passport for three years. It is known and easily located. He has been working in front of the public [en el teatro] until a few days ago, and a person like that has no interest in leaving the country. “My client was waiting for the trial to be held as soon as possible and to be acquitted.”

Provisional prison for Rafael Amargo

Amargo will be tried in April along with his theater producer and a partner for the alleged sale of narcotics in the Malasaña neighborhood, facts for which the prosecutor requests a sentence of 9 years in prison for an alleged crime against public health.

The artist is also being investigated by the Investigative Judge number 27 of Madrid for a crime of drug trafficking and attack on authority, following a complaint filed last July by his neighbors in relation to the alleged sale of drugs in his apartment. Espiritu Santo Street in the capital.

In his indictment, the prosecutor requests the same sentence for Juan Eduardo SB., Amargo’s production assistant, by allegedly acting “jointly” with the other defendant in the purchase and subsequent distribution of said substances.