Wave of sexual abuse allegations shakes Argentina
By Associated Press AP December 26, 2018 @12:02 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — For months, Claudia Guebel could only tell family and friends about a traumatizing encounter with a colleague in Argentina's Senate.
At the beginning of this year, she said, Pedro Fiorda, a senator's chief of staff, grabbed her violently by the arms like a "hunter who catches prey." The, she felt his tongue inside her mouth. The terror that seized her made those minutes seem eternal, she said.
"I didn't know how to react, I was paralyzed," said Guebel, a congressional aide who previously worked for the same senator.
In December, she was finally moved to file a formal complaint with judicial authorities after actress Thelma Fardin publicly accused actor Juan Darthes of raping her in 2009 when she was 16 and he was 45. Writers, politicians and journalists expressed support for Fardin on social media.
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