The Justice of La Rioja issued an unprecedented ruling in the province condemning a woman to compensate her former partner, an officer of the Provincial Police, for having carried out a sustained campaign of defamation and harassment through social networks.
The ruling sets an economic reparation of approximately 10 million pesos. The case was promoted by lawyers Celeste Maidana and Pablo Arrieta, who highlighted the scope of the ruling and its impact as a precedent on
local case law.The conflict originated in 2019, after the end of the couple's relationship. From that moment on, women began a systematic campaign on social networks with the objective of damaging the reputation of police officers. The posts included personal attacks, discriminatory comments, and the dissemination of false information
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The campaign of defamation and harassment
Among the most serious accusations, it was found that he repeatedly reported that his ex-partner was suffering from a sexually transmitted disease, a completely false statement.









