Overview
- Prosecutor Valeria Bottini filed charges against Marcelo D’Agostino for illegal firearm possession and coercion in a gender‑based violence context.
- Officials said they have not found evidence to charge sexual abuse at this stage, and they ordered more forensic tests to assess that allegation.
- D’Agostino remains free because the alleged crimes carry low prison terms of two to four years that are often served on probation under Argentine law.
- Judicial authorities called this a first indictment that could change as new evidence comes in, and they noted some alleged assaults were set aside as likely time‑barred.
- After being notified as a defendant, D’Agostino gave a statement denying he threatened his former partner, and his lawyers offered two ex‑partners as witnesses once the case file was opened.