In the context of the case that investigates Alberto Fernandez for gender violence against her ex-partner Fabiola Yanezthe defense of the former president, led by lawyer Silvina Carreira, presented a witness who testified before a public notary. “Witness A”as she is known since her identity cannot be revealed, told details of the former first lady’s life at Quinta de Olivos and exonerated Alberto Fernández for the bruises that Yáñez had: she mentioned that they were the result of alcohol and referred to specific episodes at the presidential residence and also in Chapadmalal, where her son once fell from her arms, due to drunkenness. The record was delivered to the prosecutor’s office of Ramiro Gonzalez.
The “Witness A”according to her statement, knew Fernández from having worked for 12 years as a domestic employee until 2017 at the Puerto Madero home. That year, she stopped maintaining a working relationship with the former president. “At that time Alberto was starting his relationship with Fabiola Yáñez (…) who He took his pumpkin dog to Mr. Alberto’s house “where Dylan also lived,” says the five-page document that was accessed Scope.
She then resumed her duties in Olivos, where she worked seven days a week with a bed in her room and seven days off. Her tasks consisted of organizing the general routines of the presidential couple as a “kind of housekeeper.” “Witness A” said that only the couple lived in the chalet and when Fabiola’s mother arrived she stayed in the guest house. When Francisco was born “the nanny Noelia began to live in the chalet,” she said.
When asked if she had witnessed acts in which Alberto Fernández had used violence against Fabiola, “Witness A” responded: “No, none”.
The series of curiosities began when he was asked if he had seen the former first lady with bruises: “Yes, he got bruises after the falls he suffered due to alcohol consumption”she replied. The woman who was a domestic worker in Olivos said that she found her fallen in the pool. “That day Yáñez had stayed up very late with her friends and when he went to look for her he found her lying on the floor in the middle of the plants in the pool area,” the report states.
Then, they asked her if Fabiola drank alcohol. “Every time she met up with her friends she ended up drinking too much,” was the answer. “Witness A” stated that the drinks were continuous, “sometimes alone or when she met up with other people.” “The witness took care to clean and hide all the drinks and glasses so that Dr. Fernández would not find out,” the report reads.
Drinks under lock and key
In one of the striking excerpts from the statement, “Witness A” explains that Fabiola kept the alcohol locked up in the guest house, where there was a cupboard in the dressing room. The hairdresser was, according to the witness, the one who secretly carried the alcohol.“His friend Sofia (Pacchi) also brought in bags of alcoholic beverages,” the report states, where the witness mentions that the former president did not consume alcohol and that she did not see him smoking either.
“I always saw a loving treatment, he always spoke to her with affection and love,” said “Witness A.”“, who added that Alberto Fernández “was very attentive despite seeing her in the condition she was in.” Regarding Fabiola, she assured that “she took rivotril and clonazepam” and that she was in charge of finding her medications.
Towards the end of her statements, “Witness A” mentioned the trips to the presidential residence of Chapadmalal: “She drank alcohol until dawn with her sister Tamara and at one point in the early morning she came down drunk to where I was taking care of the child to take him with her.” She added that “Fabiola goes up to the first floor, leaving her alone with the baby, and falls”According to witness A, the child only suffered a bump on his head.
This week, the former mayor of Quinta de Olivos testified in the case, Daniel Rodrigueza trusted person of former President Alberto Fernández. The next to testify as a witness in the case of gender violence will be the former head of the Presidential Medical Unit Federico Walter Saavedra, who was summoned by the prosecutor for September 5.
Source: Ambito
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