Marcelo Corazza was transferred to the courts to be investigated: "I am innocent"

Marcelo Corazza

, winner of the first edition of Big Brother in 2001 and current producer of the same program that is broadcast on Telefe, was transferred this Tuesday morning to the Buenos Aires courts for his investigative statement in the framework of a case for corruption of

.

"I am innocent

," he said at 7:22 a.m. when he entered the building on Lavalle street handcuffed and with a hood that prevented him from seeing his face.

Corazza's investigation will be in charge of Judge Javier Sánchez Sarmiento, head of the Criminal and Correctional Court 48, who began to investigate the gang as a result of the complaint of two people of reserved identity -currently of legal age- who said they had victims when they were between the ages of 11 and 14.

The arrests occurred this Monday after six raids carried out in the missionary city of Oberá and in the Buenos Aires towns of General Pacheco, Tigre and General Rodríguez.

The capture of the former reality show participant took place after a raid was carried out at his home, located on Montes de Oca street at 300, Tigre district.

Dressed in a black T-shirt, he left his home in handcuffs and was escorted by two officers from the Human Trafficking Division of the City Police Investigations Superintendence, to later be escorted to a Buenos Aires City Hall. 

During the operation, two cell phones and other items were seized that will now be analyzed by the investigations.

Corazza left his home in Tigre handcuffed.

Meanwhile, the other three defendants were identified by the Justice as Andrés

, who is accused of being the head of the organization.

All of them are accused "of having formed an organization aimed at recruiting minors and adults in vulnerable situations, in order to subject them to the practice of sexual relations and sexual exploitation without their consent, either by exchange of money or for personal or third-party satisfaction".

According to a source, the organization "has been carrying out this criminal activity for more than 20 years, both in the north of the country and in the province of Buenos Aires," for which reason it is considered the possibility that there are more witnesses than Give your testimony after this investigation.

In this sense, the spokespersons specified that so far the identities of at least 11 victims in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires and Misiones are known.

In this regard, they detailed that the abuses occurred in private cars in Caballito, Parque Centenario, Plaza Miserere, Costanera Sur, a farm in Castelar, transitory shelters in the suburbs, and private homes.

The suspicion of the investigators is that the defendant Angelotti recruited young people and children from the province of Misiones, where he is from, through Internet chat sites to take them to live with him at his home in General Rodríguez.

The investigation began on October 24 of last year, after a witness whose identity was reserved reported that he had been sexually abused when he was between 11 and 13 years old, between 1999 and 2002, by one of the now detainees, whom he could only identify. by his first name.

The now arrested Marcelo Corazza was the winner of the first edition of Big Brother, which took place in 2001 and was hosted by actress Soledad Silveyra.

Currently, Corazza was involved as a producer during the 2022 edition, which continues to be broadcast on the Telefe channel and will conclude next Monday.

In turn, the winner of GH 2001 participated as a panelist every Friday night on the program "Big Brother: The Night of the Ex", where he debated with other ex-participants about the events that took place during the current season of the reality show.

Yesterday, the channel reported that Corazza was suspended "as regulated by law until the Justice clarifies this situation", while calling for the rapid clarification of the facts."

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