Maria Rindero also collected photos of the cupboards in her bedroom closet to indicate that the drawers were empty because her clothes were also confiscated.
Judge Tania Loureiro Gómez was keen to highlight this point, noting that according to the records, Maria Renderero's locker was completely empty when the authorities carried out the arrest she specified.
Hence the judge understood this “The plaintiff has changed the truth of the facts in order to mislead the case in relation to the standards of proportionality and reasonableness used by the Justice Party.” During arrest. In other words, Maria Rendero “wanted the court to believe that her personal dignity was the target of a clear assault,” which was not true, according to Judge Tania Loureiro Gómez.
The judge was consistent with her harsh criticism and declared that María Rendero “brought a case in bad faith (…), and imposed a fine on top of her sentence.” Taking into account “the strict control over the plaintiff's procedural behavior (…), I sentence her to pay a fine equivalent to 10 accounting units.” any, 1020 euros.
However, the judge returned the photos and the two “small tables,” stressing that they did not have significant heritage value, but rather sentimental value, and were therefore “not subject to seizure.”
In contact with El Observador, lawyer Inés Montalvo explained that Maria Rendero “submitted two applications for seizure of the confiscations to which she was subjected: one related to the furniture that constituted the contents of the house” and “the other related to three registered vehicles.” In its name – Porsche 911, Smart and Mercedes.”
Montalvo further explains that “the procedure was dismissed because the court understood that since the expropriation was a transitional measure, the applicant’s property right was not in doubt, and the decision to recover it should await the end of the investigation.”
It was clear to PJ that Maria Rendero had acted in collusion with João Renderero in the alleged dissipation of assets seized pursuant to the award process.
The alleged embezzlement, which is still under investigation under the supervision of Public Prosecutor Inés Bonina, consists of the investigation of two sets of independent evidentiary facts:
- A collection of 124 works of art worth approx 150 million euros Which were seized from the records of the award process in order to compensate those affected by the BPP. It is suspected that María de Jesus Rendiero did not prevent the transfer of 15 of these works of art, and that João Rendirio is alleged to have done so, and four of these works are alleged to have been forgeries;
- Among the missing artworks, eight were already sold between October 2020 and October 2021, through João Rendero. These sell-offs will yield approx 1.3 million euros The deputy believes that Maria Rendero was aware of these sales.
As for the eight paintings sold, the same goes for the weekly Expresso newspaper mentioned At the beginning of the year, Prosecutor Ines Bonina and the Public Prosecution Office are trying to recover them through international cooperation with Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
However, the English auction house Christie's, which was an intermediary in the sale of 12 of the 15 paintings allegedly removed by João Rendeiro, was not very cooperative. As for Expresso, an official source from Christie's says it acted in “good faith” and would “never offer for sale anything whose ownership was under discussion.”
Lawyer Inés Montalvo confirms to the Observer that, like Sa Fernández, “Maria Renderero cooperated with the authorities, not only in recovering the works, but also in the investigation itself, despite the emotional fragility and limitations resulting from the lack of knowledge.” of the situations and circumstances in which the alleged incidents are alleged to have occurred.”
“Maria Rendero had no knowledge or involvement in her husband’s decisions and activities, nor in the couple’s financial matters,” Montalvo says.
The text was changed at 11:50 p.m. Information has been added that lawyers Ricardo Sá Fernández and Inés Montalvo, who are currently defending María Renderero, are working on a pro bono basis.
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