Madam, first of all, my greetings and respect. I am writing because a colleague gave me your address. I've heard you're an independent lawyer, but I don't know how much you charge or if you're doing this to help someone who has been unjustly sanctioned. As she writes on the blank sheet of paper, she looks up at the ceiling, invoking the muses.
I am imprisoned for a crime I did not commit, he adds. The court sentenced me to 12 years in prison for corruption of minors and assault. My ex-wife manipulated her daughter to seize my assets. The teenager said that when she left and returned from home, she would look through a crack and see me masturbating while watching pornography, he recounted in his statement.
They searched my house and seized seven discs and a video cassette, she continued. The experts confirmed that none of them contained that type of film. My arguments are not evidence, the investigating judge told me, and the court only listened to her.
My father went to collect my belongings, but my ex-wife told him he wouldn't get them back. She said that if I hadn't tried to take my things, she wouldn't have reported me. She sold everything: my clothes, two pigs, 28 ducks, and an iron gate. Supposedly to buy what our daughter needed for school.
Also the DVD player I bought for 18 CUC. It was defective; only the USB input worked, but it was mine. The Panda TV belonged to my mother. She received it because she's a deaf and mute person. My ex says it's for his daughter.
You can verify my story. I know the people who bought them from her. The court did nothing, even though over a year ago, when I was released on bail, I hired a lawyer and sued her. She was served with a summons warning her to remain at home when I came to retrieve my belongings, in the presence of a court officer. She falsely accused me three days prior.
She told the police that I hit her and threatened her on a street in the neighborhood. There were no witnesses; it was her word against mine. The officer arrested me and fined me 200 pesos for minor injuries. I stood my ground, I stopped eating for several days, but it was no use. They took the case to court. They refunded my fine and charged me with assault and making threats.
Imagine how I feel. I was sanctioned, I lost all my belongings because of a lie, and I can't do anything about it. I have a mother and sisters who are deaf and mute. It's right that the laws protect women and girls from abuse and mistreatment, but I need to be understood. Justice is blind so as not to discriminate, not to ignore the truth and ruin the life of an innocent person, she concluded.