US EditionPreliminary Hearing Jet Set Case
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New City-. Approximately eight hours lasted the hearing this Monday, marked by several incidents. The defense request of former Jet Set employee Gregory Adames, generated intense debates among the victims’ lawyers. “I need to be allowed to declare what I lived in the process,” a lawyer said on the stand. “No one is threatening me so far, is it? No one is threatening me, but I’m on the street without problems and everyone knows that nobody hates …
A Dominican court postponed to April 27 the preliminary hearing against Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, accused of manslaughter for the death of 236 people in the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set discotheque in Santo Domingo, early on April 8, 2025. The judge of the First Court of the National District Instruction, Reymundo Mejía Zorrilla, made the decision after a hearing of more than seven hours in which he heard the conclusions of dozens of…
The preliminary hearing in the Jet Set case continued this Monday with the presentation of a private complaint by the family of Johanna Rodríguez, requesting the court to change the legal classification of the charges against the defendants Antonio and Maribel Espaillat López from involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter. Rodríguez died along with her husband, Eduardo Grullón, president of AFP Popular, during the collapse of the nightc…
During this Monday's hearing, several people decided to withdraw the civil action against Maribel and Antonio Espaillat, accused of the tragedy at the Jet Set discotheque, after reaching friendly agreements and stating that they have no interest in continuing the judicial process. Manuel Antonio Brea de los Santos and Faviola de los Santos, represented by lawyers José Tamarez and Angela Reyes, were among those who gave up the action.
The First Court of Instruction of the National District will continue this Monday, April 20 the preliminary hearing to the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, owners of the Jet Set entertainment center with the exhibition of the defenses of the 120 plaintiffs. (Continue reading...) Take a look at the video here: La entrada En vivo: Audiencia Prelimina caso Jet Set se publicado primero en Remolacha - Noticias Dominicana.
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