Buenos Aires, March 23 (NA) – The trial against Argentine lawyer Agustina Páez, accused of making racist gestures inside a nightclub in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, will begin this Tuesday. Sources familiar with the case informed the Argentine News Agency that the prosecution, the prosecution, and the civil party will present their conclusions in the first hearing at the Criminal Court No. 37, presided over by Judge Guilherme Schilling Pollo Duarte. Páez is under house arrest for three counts of racial insult, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years and is not bailable. The conflict that led to her detention originated, according to the defendant's version, from an argument over a wrongly charged bill while she was on vacation with friends. The 29-year-old, represented by lawyer Carla Junqueira, stated that she left the place shouting after a confrontation with the waiters, but her discriminatory gesture was recorded in a viral video that served as fundamental evidence for Brazilian justice. In a video she posted on social media, a native of Santiago del Estero, she considered the incident "a very serious reaction" and added: "That is why I want to publicly apologize, something I wanted to do earlier and, on the recommendation of my previous defense, I did not do".
