A few weeks after having regained his freedom, the businessman Matías Garfunkel was arrested again in the state of Utah, USA. In this case, the 50-year-old man violated a perimeter restriction and a protective order when trying to approach his ex-wife’s home, Victoria Vanucci.
According to reports, the incident took place on Wednesday night when Vanucci was at his home with his children. While the former model was bathing, she heard that his cell phone wouldn’t stop ringingand upon reviewing it he found emails and messages from Garfunkel, which stated in an imperative tone “I’m going there“. Others said: “I’m going and I’m going to enter your house“.
In the United States, protection orders are attached as reinforcement to the perimeter in order to prevent any type of contact and/or approach without authorization or police supervision. This measure establishes that the businessman He can’t get close to his ex-wife for 3 years. and that he Contact with your children should be virtual or with a therapist involved.
Thus, Vanucci contacted his lawyer who, in turn, contacted the Police. He also requested that the patrols that approached the home, They did it stealthily so as not to alter the lives of their children..
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Vanucci had broken down on social media when announcing the episodes of abuse.
Garfunkel could be jailed for a year
This arrest represents a greater problem for the businessman, who had recently paid bail of US$1,000. In this case, you will have to pay a sum of US$50,000 to regain freedom, before the possibility of remaining in jail for an entire year. Additionally, if you go out you must do so with an electronic anklet.
Yamil Castro, the former model’s lawyer, declared: ”In the first one, they caught him red-handed. And in the second, arriving at the destination. Because he began to warn that he was going to approach. That is to say, not only did he violate the prohibition of contact, but he also was within the exclusion perimeter”, to Clarion.
Likewise, he detailed that there were 27 phone calls and 15 emails during the same day; and that the police, along with the seven patrol officers who went to Vanucci’s home, He arrested the businessman almost half a block from the property.
Recently, the chef began to upload records of the abuse meted out by Garfunkel where he is seen visibly upset and carrying out episodes of verbal violence. In addition, he described several situations of physical attacks: “Unfortunately the father of my children wanted to make this public. His psychiatrist Alexandra and company asked that I be in a psychiatric institute, due to physical and mental abuse and manipulation of my children, which was last year. (when he sent me to jail for hitting me)”, he had written.
”I always tried to keep the truth from coming to light out of shame, and because I feel guilty for having given the power to homeschool my children. I work and he stays comfortable at my house,” she commented, adding: “I hope the press understands that every word that comes out of his mouth comes from a person who is sick. I understand that I am famous and, unfortunately, he chose a horrible path, but I ask for respect for the situation since in itself it is more than painful for everyone involved.
Under that line, he commented that Garfunkel suffers from serious mental disorders, such as extreme bipolarity, borderline personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.. In some of the images the businessman is shown with the children, shouting at the model: “You are a bitch“. To which Vanucci responds: “It’s what I needed,” and locks herself in her room. However, he follows her, opens the door abruptly, and the recording cuts off after a sudden movement. Last Sunday, Vanucci filmed him in his previous arrest, with a text: ”Inmate in the Park City jail and from there to the psychiatric institute by medical order”.
Source: Ambito

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