The verdict in the singer’s favor could set a precedent for women victims of crimes mandated by law (Twitter/@Les_IJU)
Singer Sasha Sokol announced that the Mexico City Supreme Court had ruled in its favor and convicted the producer Louis de Llano for non-pecuniary damage as her dignity, physical integrity, privacy and honor were violated while she was a minor.
As she revealed in a Twitter thread, the actress, too, explained that the capital’s authorities had proven it There was an illicit and asymmetrical relationship due to the age difference and the hierarchical role he held.
He also explained that the verdict understood that the Timbiriche producer’s statements in the media made Sokol a victim again, which is why he is now forced to offer a punishment public apologyalso, refrain from talking about the subject pay compensationwhich are donated to a foundation, he said.
“The verdict, on the understanding that what Luis de Llano said to the media constituted an act of re-victimization, sentenced him to, among other things, a public apology, not to speak again about what happened and compensation pay.” could be read.
Luis de Llano had a sentimental relationship with Sasha when she was 14 and he was 39 (Picture: Instagram)
However, the verdict in Sasha’s favor isn’t just a victory for her, it could be one set a precedent for women that they were injured and had no access to justice because the crime was prescribed.
According to the lawyer Leslie Jiménez, the importance of the case derives from the complaint, since it was carried out under a civil and not a criminal proceeding, since if he had taken this last route he would have encountered problems arising from it would Limiting the time to report and punish the crime whose victim he was.
“Criminal law has various limits of application, including the time in which the crime was committed. This is proving to be terrible for cases of sexual violence in children and young people.”
Mexico City’s judicial authorities recognized that there was violence against Sasha Sokol (Infobae México)
However, since they were involved in civil matters, the judgment recognizes that the victim, in this case Sasha Sokol, Yes, he lived violence and warns, for future cases, that effective protection of rights does not consist solely in pursuing complaints procedures through a single avenue within the law.
Against this background, the lawyer pointed out that the problem with access to justice in Mexico is often that the criminal law does not respond to the needs of the victim but to those of the state: “Forces to follow only the penal path“.
Despite all this, the expert stated that the producer was found not “guilty” and will therefore not serve time in prison; However, the harm done to the victim was acknowledged When he was a minor, the sanction is to compensate for the damage.
That is, now the victims of childhood violence could have access to justicebut not as part of a criminal proceeding as given the validity of the offenses your case is unlikely to progress, but as part of a civil proceeding which will acknowledge that the violence has occurred and reparation for the harm may be made.
On March 3, the actress spoke out about what she experienced as a child (Instagram/@sashasokolva)
On March 8, 2022, actress and singer Sasha Sokol took to her social media to make this public about her childhood and early teens was raped by Luis de Llano. A year later, on the same day, he expressed the reflection that the publication of his experiences had abandoned him.
“Today marks a year since I publicly accepted the asymmetrical and abusive relationship I experienced as a child. “The harm done to me now accompanies me as a woman,” were some of the words the singer shared.