Comedian
Cacho Garay
will be released in the next few hours, after being charged by a prosecutor for
threatening to use a weapon against his wife
, in the context of gender violence.
He must first present a security of
one million pesos
.
Juan Garay, the legal name of the comedian who rose to fame on the Tinelli program, was denounced by his partner for 13 years,
Verónica "Bambi" Macías
.
They have been married since the end of last year and live in a house in Luján de Cuyo, Greater Mendoza.
Although the first complaint occurred last weekend, when the couple was traveling and staying at a hotel in Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba, the woman said that there were
different episodes in the context of gender violence
, such as
threats with firearms. and sexual abuse
.
The comedian's couple testified again and expanded their complaint upon arrival in Mendoza.
On Wednesday at noon, prosecutor Daniel Carniello raided the family home located on Calle 20 de Septiembre and
arrested Garay
.
In the afternoon, the comedian was
accused
of "use of a weapon in the context of gender violence and illegitimate possession of weapons for civilian use."
Police personnel working for the Gender Violence Fiscal Unit found
seven weapons
in the house : an iron machete 40 centimeters long, an ax with an iron blade, two shotguns, two rifles and a compressed gas pistol.
Daniel Romero, Garay's lawyer, at the 11th police station in Luján de Cuyo where the humorist is being held.
Photo Jose Gutierrez / Los Andes
The prosecutor verified that two of the weapons seized in the house were fit to be fired,
none had been registered and Garay had not processed legal possession either
.
Before his arrest, Garay shared a message on his social networks accompanied by a phrase that
ponders talking about him
.
"Thanks to the thousands of messages of support, and thank God because my truth keeps my conscience crystal clear," I post.
Along with the message, the humorist left a phrase that is attributed to the Catalan plastic artist Salvador Dalí.
"Whether they speak well or badly, the important thing is that they talk about me, although I confess that
I like that they speak badly, because that means that things are going very well for me
. No one speaks of the mediocre, and when they do they only say wonders ”, he stressed.
In her complaint, Verónica Macías said that Garay had
forced her to participate in sexual parties
and
have sexual relations against her will
.
Cacho Garay's post on Facebook, before the complaint of gender violence against him, prior to his arrest.
According to her lawyer José Manuel Fiz, the woman also mentioned that she was a victim of
economic violence
, because she did not even have access to a credit card or other monetary asset from her husband to cover basic needs.
In Córdoba, Macías received an
anti-panic button
.
She now remains housed in a home for women victims of gender violence, in Mendoza.
the minute of fame
From doing humor at private parties and bars in Mendoza, Cacho Garay (69) decided to appear in a humor contest that Marcelo Tinelli was running on the old VideoMatch.
And, in 2000, he was the
winner of the National Joke Championship
.
At that time, the
more than 25 rating points
opened the doors of the show in Buenos Aires and several provinces.
And he also took his works to different countries.
After his "Cacho" Garay is a regular in Carlos Paz's season.
In the 2014 season of Villa Carlos Carlos Paz took the stage as the winner of a Carlos Award for "Best Humorous Work".
Since then, the summers have him as the protagonist of different shows in which
mother-in-law jokes
are one of his workhorses.
In his last presentations he added his wife to his shows.
Bamby Macías is a
lyrical singer
, born in Córdoba, who met the comedian in 2010, when she was only 19 years old.
After 13 years as a couple, last Sunday, the young woman filed a complaint for gender violence against the comedian.
Mendoza. Correspondent
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