{"id":523704,"date":"2026-09-16T10:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/jean-alain-rodriguez-must-pay-rd2-million-to-marino-zapete-for-moral-damages\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:37:36","slug":"jean-alain-rodriguez-must-pay-rd2-million-to-marino-zapete-for-moral-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/justice\/jean-alain-rodriguez-must-pay-rd2-million-to-marino-zapete-for-moral-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Alain Rodr\u00edguez must pay RD$2 million to Marino Zapete for moral damages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"674892\">The First Chamber of the Supreme Court <\/a>of Justice upheld the conviction against the former Attorney General of the Republic, Jean Alain Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez, who must pay RD$2 million to journalist Marino Zapete for moral damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision came after the court declared the appeal in cassation filed by Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez inadmissible, considering that he did not demonstrate the existence of cassational interest, in accordance with the requirements established in Law No. 2-23 on Appeals in Cassation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this ruling, the judgment issued on August 26, 2024, by the Third Civil and Commercial Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District remains in effect, which had revoked the first-instance decision and established the liability of the former official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/audiencia-jean-alain-rodriguez\/\">Jean Alain Rodr\u00edguez case hearing postponed to September 14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fixed amount must include a judicial interest of 1.5% per month, calculated from the notification of the judgment until the payment is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zapete&#8217;s lawsuit was related to the moral damages that, as he alleged, were caused by actions attributed to Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez and which supposedly influenced the suspension of his program <strong>El Jarabe de Zapete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding the other claims, the Court of Appeal dismissed the lawsuit filed against Maybeth Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez, sister of the former attorney general, and determined that the material damages claimed by the journalist were also not proven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the conviction against the former Attorney General of the Republic, Jean Alain Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez, who must pay RD$2 million to journalist Marino Zapete for moral damages. The decision came after the court declared the appeal in cassation filed by Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez inadmissible, considering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":523705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[36952],"tags":[44182,739,20073],"class_list":["post-523704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-justice","tag-cover","tag-jean-alain-rodriguez","tag-marino-zapete"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2ceQ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/zapete-y-jaean-alain-1024x550-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Justice"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/zapete-y-jaean-alain-1024x550-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}