{"id":491402,"date":"2025-11-14T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/preliminary-trial-against-espaillat-brothers-to-begin-on-january-12-mp-accuses-of-homicide-assault-and-unintentional-injuries\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:42:52","slug":"preliminary-trial-against-espaillat-brothers-to-begin-on-january-12-mp-accuses-of-homicide-assault-and-unintentional-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/preliminary-trial-against-espaillat-brothers-to-begin-on-january-12-mp-accuses-of-homicide-assault-and-unintentional-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary trial against Espaillat brothers to begin on January 12: MP accuses of homicide, assault and unintentional injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.- A Dominican Republic court<strong> set the preliminary hearing for next January 12 <\/strong>against the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, owners of the Jet Set nightclub, and will be in charge of the First Instruction Court of the National District.\n\nThe date was set a week after the Public Ministry filed formal charges and requested the opening of the trial against the Espaillat brothers, who incurred involuntary manslaughter and involuntary blows and injuries, according to the prosecution body.\n\nAntonio and Maribel Espaillat were arrested last June but a few days later they were released on parole.\n\nAccording to the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s investigation, for years Jet Set &#8220;operated with systematic and serious negligence in the maintenance and structural adaptation of its facilities, putting the lives of its clients and employees at risk&#8221;.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/acusacion-del-caso-jet-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP deposits accusation of the Jet Set case<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nThe tragedy occurred on the morning of April 8th while hundreds of people were enjoying a performance by merengue singer Rubby P\u00e9rez, resulting in the death of 236 people and injuries to more than 180.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- A Dominican Republic court set the preliminary hearing for next January 12 against the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, owners of the Jet Set nightclub, and will be in charge of the First Instruction Court of the National District. 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