Overview
- Pertossi, who is serving a 15-year term in La Plata, said in interview clips released Friday that he never touched Fernando Báez Sosa and that he filmed the fight.
- His new lawyer, Ignacio Nolfi of the Buenos Aires Casación office, asked Argentina’s Supreme Court to void the conviction and order a new oral trial over what he calls a denial of individual defense.
- The petition argues Pertossi’s role was secondary and peripheral, cites video that he says shows he left before the final blows, and claims a single defense for all eight men created a conflict of interest.
- Family attorney Fernando Burlando criticized the filing as a technical tactic and said there is no basis to reduce Pertossi’s punishment.
- The full América TV interview is set to air Sunday night, while the 2023 Dolores verdict remains in force with five life sentences and three 15-year terms, including Pertossi.