The Federal Justice decided to close the criminal complaint filed by Vice President Victoria Villarruel against the journalist Javier Negre, considering that the facts reported do not constitute any crime, in a severe judicial setback for the head of the Senate after her attempt to prosecute her political differences with the director of La Derecha Diario.
The decision was issued by federal judge Sebastián Casanello, who concluded that the publications and statements questioned by Villarruel have no criminal relevance and do not constitute public intimidation, an attack against democratic order or any other criminal figure.
However, despite the dismissal of the case, the defense of Negre - led by Mariano Cúneo Libarona, lawyer for Javier Negre and also legal representative of other high-profile figures such as Luis Caputo, Santiago Bausili, Lionel Messi and Pollack - appealed the resolution with the objective of obtaining the formal dismissal of the journalist and closing the file permanently.
Justice demolished the complaint promoted by Villarruel
.The cause had been initiated after Villarruel criminally denounced Negre for posts on social networks where the journalist described her as a “traitor” and “coup”, in addition to accusing her of conspiring politically against President
Javier Milei.However, after analyzing the case, both the Federal Attorney's Office No. 9 and Judge Casanello agreed that the statements reported do not have sufficient entity to constitute a crime and are far from framing criminal figures as serious as those invoked by the vice president.
In his ruling, the magistrate held that Negre's sayings did not generate public fear, did not alter social peace and had no capacity to affect the institutional functioning of the country.
