After being detained for several hours, Facundo Moyano regained his freedom on Tuesday night, although he remains charged in a case for minor injuries and unlawful deprivation of liberty in the context of gender-based violence. Before leaving the police station, the former congressman testified before the Justice and gave his version of the events that occurred with Candela Arizaga during the early morning in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Belgrano.
The statement was made at the Northern Flagrancy Unit, where assistant prosecutor Julián Pistone was involved. There, Moyano denied having exercised violence against his partner and maintained that he never prevented her from leaving the apartment.
"I want to say that my relationship with Candela, my girlfriend, has always been loving and affectionate. There has never been any kind of tension, let alone physical or verbal aggression. And neither on the day of the charges was there any impediment for her to leave or enter the apartment," he stated, according to the declaration that was leaked to the press.
After giving his statement, the Justice ordered Moyano's release, although it established a series of measures that he must comply with while the investigation progresses.
Among them, he is prohibited from approaching Candela Arizaga within 300 meters, maintaining any type of contact with her during the criminal process, establishing a residence, and appearing whenever summoned by the Prosecutor's Office or the Court.
