Overview
- The first hearing is scheduled for March 24 before Rio de Janeiro’s 37th Criminal Court, opening with the presentation of evidence and arguments.
- Agostina Páez faces three counts of injuria racial tied to a January incident in Ipanema, with each count carrying 2–5 years and potential stacking up to 15 years.
- She remains in Brazil under movement restrictions with an electronic ankle monitor and is barred from leaving the country.
- New defense counsel Carla Junqueira disputes proof of three distinct offenses, calls interior bar footage inconclusive, and frames Páez’s conduct as a reaction under violent emotion.
- Argentine consular channels are pursuing a letter of assurances to the judge as the defense files screenshots of threats, including one attributed to Comando Vermelho, and Páez issues a public apology.