Overview
- Italian prosecutors have brought Arcuri to trial in the Tribunal Penal de Cagliari on charges of habitual physical and psychological abuse of his two sons.
- On February 26, Juana Rivas and her eldest son, Gabriel, testified as witnesses; Gabriel alleged assaults, insults and spitting, saying he feared for his and his brother’s lives.
- The prosecution’s accusation details repeated verbal degradation directed at the boys, while Arcuri and his defense deny the allegations and previously sought dismissal as unfounded.
- Proceedings continue in March with additional witnesses, and the court has set the next hearing for March 12.
- The Italian criminal case is separate from an ongoing Granada investigation into alleged child abduction by Rivas; Italian courts currently grant custody of the younger son to Arcuri, while the elder lives with his mother.