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This Saturday the Prosecutor’s Office and the Women’s Secretariat of Bogotá announced the first decisions in the case of a 21-year-old girl who denounced that gynecologist Ernesto Ortiz Ruiz sexually abused her during a medical appointment.
The hearing against the man began on the afternoon of Friday, September 11, and lasted until almost 5:00 am on September 12. Before the 38 Municipal Criminal Court of Guarantees, the formulation of charges against the gynecologist for the crime of violent carnal access in competition with a violent sexual act unable to resist aggravated and with a circumstance of greater punishment.
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The accused did not accept the charges and a guarantee control judge in Bogotá imposed a measure of custodial assurance, consisting of preventive detention in a prison establishment.
According to the prosecuting body, since the woman’s complaint was known, a prosecutor from the Sexual Crimes Unit of the capital collected information and elements that would prove what happened. “The young victim arrived at the office located on Calle 13 with Carrera 65 in Bogotá. Then the doctor performed a general examination and later sexually assaulted her.”
The Secretary for Women, for her part, reported that will continue to provide psychosocial support to the victim and her family, as well as its legal representation in the criminal process that is being carried out. The case will continue under investigation at the Prosecutor’s Office until the accused is brought to trial.
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“Women have the right to live free from any form of violence and discrimination, and nothing, absolutely nothing, justice violence against them,” says the entity.
They also called on all women victims of violence to contact the services of the Secretariat, through the Purple Line 018000 112 137, WhatsApp Purple 300 755 18 46 or to the more than 60 telephone lines of the Houses of Equal Opportunities and the lawyers of the Gender Justice Strategy, which can be consulted on this page.
Judicialized gynecologist doctor who would have sexually abused one of his patients in # Bogota. #Prosecutor He was charged with violent carnal access in a heterogeneous contest with carnal access and abusive sexual act with aggravated incapacity to resist. A judge sent him to jail. pic.twitter.com/2KM3dwpFSL
– Colombia Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) September 12, 2020
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