Claudio Caniggia is being prosecuted for sexual abuse and faces a 15-year prison sentence

Claudio Caniggia returns to the controversy. The ex-footballer is experiencing his worst moment. It’s once again in the news due to an extra-sporting situation. This time, precisely, it is about something legal. In detail, the former Argentine national team was prosecuted for an alleged offense of sexual abuse against Mariana Nannis, his ex-wife.

The situation allegedly occurred in 2018. More precisely at the Faena Hotel, a place located in the chic Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires. The woman accuses the former attacker of forcing her to have sex.

Last June, the judge’s resolution on the case was split. In this it was declared a “prosecution without preventive detention of Claudio Paul Caniggia »although he was recognized as “criminally responsible for the crime of aggravated sexual abuse” . Furthermore, He was banned from leaving Argentina and forced to pay five million Argentine pesos (a little over 13 million Chilean pesos).

However, she has now suffered a setback in court. The judges of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the Nations of Argentina They rejected their lawyers’ arguments who appealed, asserting that “crimes against sexual integrity must be reconstructed on the basis of the available circumstantial evidence”, and that they will therefore have to be tried.

“Given the absence of eyewitnesses or other direct evidence on the facts under investigation, the events that constitute crimes against sexual integrity must be reconstructed on the basis of the available circumstantial evidence. » He is to be tried for “aggravated sexual abuse”, which means he could face a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. Meanwhile, the Son of the Wind continues to deny having committed the stated acts.

Nannis and Caniggia met early in the latter’s career. They formed a couple that lasted three decades and had three children. who are also recognized public figures in Argentina.

The woman made severe accusations against her ex-husband, with whom she allegedly ended the relationship a year and a half after the alleged events. HASShe claimed the former professional player forced her to have sex after she rejected his advances. . Furthermore, She claimed he hit her and threatened to kill her if she provided details of what happened.

“He tried to have sex with his then-ex-wife, so when she refused, he told her, “I’m going to kill you, you son of a bitch,” and afterward, he hit her in the face with his fist. It didn’t affect him since he covered himself with his hands, until I finally hit him in the arms . After Nannis Silles told him that he was going to denounce him, the accused He laughed and told her that he was “a friend of the police chief” and that “if you press charges, you’re going to fall… if you walk out that door, I’m going to have you killed.” Son of a bitch, Don’t leave me here alone,” the court order states.