After this Wednesday he reported that he had received threats, The Santiago lawyer and influencer Agostina Páez finally had the electronic anklet fitted for the cause of racism in Brazil.
According to the Santiago del Estero media Info Del Estero, he is already wearing the ankle bracelet that the Brazilian Justice ordered to be placed on him this Wednesday. But also, as had been anticipated, they withheld his passport, so he will not be able to leave Brazil while the investigation lasts.
His defense lawyer, Sebastián Robles, described the judicial decision as “very severe” and announced that he will present a you have a body so that his client can return to Argentina.
Agostina is being investigated for the crime of racial slur. The conflict began when she and her friends were leaving a bowling alley in Rio de Janeiro. As the lawyer from Santiago explained, they had paid for all the drinks. However, when they left the place, the bar staff detained them and assured them that, based on the bracelet they had, unpaid consumption was recorded.
Faced with this accusation, the young women reported that they were being scammed, although they agreed to pay to be able to leave. According to his story, far from decompressing the situation, staff treatment got worse. Agostina said that some employees began to laugh in their faces and followed them down the stairs, while making obscene gestures.
The video that was spread on social networks and the one that sparked controversy and repudiation shows the 29-year-old lawyer, dressed in a white top and jean shorts, who makes primate gestures and yells “Monkeys. Uh, uh, uh” towards the bar.
In dialogue with ClarionPáez reported that on Monday afternoon received threats from three people leaving the apartment where she was staying in Rio de Janeiro to go buy food.
“The address of the temporary apartment I rent was leaked and yesterday they came looking for me here,” he said. And he added: “The lady who rents from me notified me, very worried and desperate. I was just not there, I had gone out to buy food. They told her that the police were looking for me, and the police are not looking for me because I am in constant contact with them. And indeed, people pretended to be there. I already gave notice and now I am about to go somewhere else. Brazilians hate me“.
“Because of my terrible reaction, which I regret, there are people looking for me, wishing me the worst things, much worse than what I did. It hurts me to see this helplessness of my country“she said distressed.
And he added: “The local cameras have already been requested by my lawyer, so I can demonstrate my version.”
The lawyer reported that she has already filed the corresponding complaints both for the episode that occurred with the three people and for the threats she received throughout the week. For security reasons, he said he was going to move to another location.
Agostina’s entourage describes her as extremely “frightened” based on the latest situations experienced in Rio de Janeiro, where she is being investigated by racial slura figure that in Brazil was equated to the crime of racism, which provides penalties of between 2 and 5 years in prison and does not provide for release on bail.
His lawyer clarified The Liberal that the seizure of the videos of the January 14 incident will be requested, because the context “It’s another one to face our client”. About him habeas corpus, He was confident that “it can prosper, since Agostina remains almost detained in adverse and, I repeat, confusing circumstances.” And he added that Páez was received this week by officials from the Argentine consulate.
date: 2026-01-22 15:44:00