Overview
- The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Córdoba rejected the defense appeals Friday and confirmed the elevation of three Córdoba cases to an oral trial set to begin on September 21, 2026.
- Prosecutors charge Rial with robbery, threats and property damage and say key evidence includes security-camera footage of seven high-end phones taken from a shop and alleged WhatsApp audio messages of threats.
- Rial currently serves a three-year sentence under house arrest in Buenos Aires after accepting a plea deal for separate robberies, but the Córdoba proceedings are independent and could add new penalties.
- Her defense offered probation, community service and monetary reparations to victims, proposals that the Cámara 11ª rejected and that failed in subsequent appeals, leaving trial as the next step.
- Under concurso real the three matters will be tried together so convictions could produce a larger combined sentence, making the oral trial the decisive moment for whether Rial faces effective prison time and how her legal situation changes.