Hollman Morris, Colombian politician and journalist. Photo: Colprensa.

On the night of Friday March 3, from his official Twitter account, the President of the Republic, Gustavo Francisco Petro, reported that one of his most loyal squires, the journalist Hollman Morris was found not guilty in the legal proceedings that led him to the aforementioned acts of domestic violence against his ex-wife Patricia Casas and for sexual harassment against María Antonia García de la Torreteacher and columnist The weather.

“He was found not guilty. Congratulations,” published by the Head of State and attached an article from the news portal Reaction Digital Magazine where they explained what happened in the processes they responded to.

According to this post, These are two complaints that were filed against the communicator four years ago, as he announced his candidacy for mayor of Bogotá, which They were archived last year, among other things because one of the complainants, Morris’ ex-wife, appeared before the accusing body to stand down of process.

They also pointed out that the case against the former director of Canal Capital as mayor of the current president, They said there was atypical conduct, meaning that although the events occurred, they had no forensic relevance.

Regarding the process of sexual harassment of García de la Torre, the prosecution was struck by the fact that the events denounced by the columnist occurred in 2011 and eight years later she denounced them, just when there was one month left for regional votes.

In the article of Reaction Digital Magazine they added that The communicator provided a copy of the conversations he had with the columnist, with whom he allegedly showed that there was family and loving treatment for which his accusations were distorted. against Morris.

However, on his official Twitter accountr García de la Torre announced that he would denounce the journalist again and would be ready to resort to the last resort if necessary.

“I will not rest until I see the assailant Hollman Morris behind bars. Only then will the disgust in my mouth go away after he forcefully kissed and groped me. I will protect, I will go to the Supreme Court if necessary, until justice is done (sic),” he said.

He also recalled that, supposedly, the same communicator accepted his responsibility during an interview and disqualified the journalistic publication in which the cessation of the judicial persecution against Morris was reported.

“Haha! Poor devil! If he himself admitted on WRadio that he sexually assaulted me in Madrid. He is not innocent and the denunciation of the complaint will be requested so that it can continue its course. What trashy journalism, protecting sex offenders. I will denounce them for defamation if they do not retract (sic)”, he assured.

He added that This was another of the many cases where there is re-victimization of people who have experienced harassment and that the investigative body lent itself to impunity.

“It is not new that it’s all against the victims of sexual violence and we see it in this complaint against Hollman Morris where the prosecution and the sold media obstruct an investigation where the defendant AGREED TO COMMITTING HIS CRIME live in an interview on WRadio (sic),” he said.

In all cases, these court rulings in favor of Morris would benefit him if he ratifies his desire to run in the next election regional.

In fact, in an interview with GlobeLiveMedia Colombia, Morris said he already had the support of Chairman Petro’s party.

“Over the past few weeks I received, through a public letter, the support of Human Colombia and some of its bases in the city of Bogotá to get started. In the letter, they urged me to consider the possibility of starting again with the flags of Human Bogotá and progressivism. I continue with these considerations and I hope to make decisions in the next few days.” he claimed.

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