The defense of the exponent of urban music José Fernando Cosculluela Suárez accepted today the Determining the alleged course of events in the charges 13 counts of violating the Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Act and two counts of violating the Firearms Act in the room of Judge Yumayra Serrano Murcelo of the Humacao Court.
The reading of the indictment and the start of the main trial were scheduled for 3:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, in Judge Marielis Rosario’s courtroom, following an agreement reached with the prosecutor’s office.
Cosculluela Suárez expressed in statements to various media outlets – including Telenoticias – that “I am exhausted by this process and I want to resume my life as a father” as he left the court.
For his part, Carlos Aponte Nieves said that under an agreement he was being sent to a special diversionary program and there was no provision for him to serve a prison sentence.
During part of her pretrial interrogation, the singer’s ex-wife, Jennifer Fungeniz Jaques, recounted several violent incidents in which she claimed to have been beaten and said the artist grabbed her by the neck and tried to hit her to put her head on the toilet.
In addition, he is said to have broken into his house and allegedly shot, for which he locked himself up with his children. She then “facetimed” her and showed her her dog while holding a gun to her head, prompting her to go upstairs to talk to him.
When the victim was questioned by prosecutors about the emotional abuse she suffered, she stated that he had slandered her.
He also stated that the singer was “extremely jealous” and that he even broke and burned her clothes so she couldn’t use them.
The alleged facts occurred before a protection order application was filed by the woman.
The singer was arrested on October 14, 2022 when the victim reported she was subjected to a pattern of domestic violence by the defendant while investigating an incident in which her vehicle and that of a neighbor were burned in the Palmas complex. of the sea in Humacao. Authorities have not linked him to these events.
Cosculluela is out on $240,000 bail.