{"id":523794,"date":"2026-09-17T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/merits-trial-against-angel-martinez-for-faride-rafuls-lawsuit-postponed\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:52:09","slug":"merits-trial-against-angel-martinez-for-faride-rafuls-lawsuit-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/justice\/merits-trial-against-angel-martinez-for-faride-rafuls-lawsuit-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Merits trial against \u00c1ngel Mart\u00ednez for Faride Raful&#8217;s lawsuit postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The Second Criminal Chamber of the National District postponed until <strong>September 22<\/strong> the start of the trial against communicator <strong>\u00c1ngel Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, who is facing legal proceedings for alleged defamation and slander against the Minister of Interior and Police, <strong>Faride Raful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mart\u00ednez is being prosecuted following a complaint filed by <strong>Raful<\/strong>, who maintains that the communicator allegedly disseminated expressions through digital platforms that affect her honor, reputation, and public image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/justicia\/faride-raful-llega-palacio\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"712996\">Faride Raful arrives at the Palace of Justice for the hearing against \u00c1ngel Mart\u00ednez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The file is based on the alleged violation of <strong>articles 21 and 22 of Law 53-07 on High-Tech Crimes and Offenses<\/strong>, related to conduct considered defamatory and insulting through the use of technological means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing scheduled for this Thursday could not proceed with the merits of the case, so the court set a new date to continue the process and allow for the presentation of the parties&#8217; arguments and evidentiary elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minister <strong>Faride Raful<\/strong> went to the Ciudad Nueva Palace of Justice accompanied by her lawyer, <strong>Miguel Valerio<\/strong>, to participate in the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of her legal action, Raful is also claiming compensation of <strong>RD$50 million<\/strong> for the damages she attributes to the statements made by Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The communicator has faced other judicial proceedings related to expressions disseminated on digital platforms. However, in this case, he will have to wait until <strong>September 22<\/strong> for the Second Penal Chamber of the National District to resume the hearing of the merits of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mart\u00ednez maintains the <strong>presumption of innocence<\/strong> until there is a final judicial decision regarding the accusations against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Second Criminal Chamber of the National District postponed until September 22 the start of the trial against communicator \u00c1ngel Mart\u00ednez, who is facing legal proceedings for alleged defamation and slander against the Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Raful. Mart\u00ednez is being prosecuted following a complaint filed by Raful, who maintains that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":523795,"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":[40798,44182,15739],"class_list":["post-523794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-justice","tag-angel-martinez","tag-cover","tag-faride-raful"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2cgi","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/images-1-4.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\/images-1-4.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523794","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=523794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}