Overview
- The Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região rejected two final appeals in late May 2026, formally confirming a six-year conviction for sexual abuse against actor Juan Darthés.
- The sentence must be served under a semi-open regime, a Brazilian option that typically allows daytime activities but requires nightly confinement and often uses electronic monitoring or, where infrastructure is limited, supervised home detention.
- Darthés and his wife posted identical Portuguese-language WhatsApp messages after the decision that referenced faith and hope, and some media reports say he has taken refuge in an evangelical community in Brazil.
- The defense, led by Fernando Burlando, says legal remedies remain possible and will seek annulment or other avenues even though the TRF-3 blocked the special and extraordinary appeals.
- The case began with Thelma Fardin’s 2018 revelation about an alleged 2009 attack in Nicaragua, and the prosecution involved coordinated work by Argentine, Nicaraguan and Brazilian authorities that left enforcement dependent on Brazilian procedures because Darthés resides in his birth country.