The story that shook the world of Argentine and international TV ended with a six-year prison sentence. The South American actor Juan Darthes, popular for starring in the television series “Patty’s World”, was convicted of raping his colleague on set, Thelma Fardin, during a break from filming the famous series.
Who is Juan Darthés from Patty’s World
“Patty’s World“She was lucky series for kids aired on Disney Channel between 2008 and 2010. The Italian public welcomed the series with enthusiasm, so much so that Patty’s series became a global phenomenon. Juan Darthes played Leandro, Patty’s father, the protagonist of the story, while Thelma Fardin was Giusy, Patty’s best friend. Patty. The success of the series dedicated to teenagers overwhelmed the protagonists of the cast, but equally sensational was the news of the complaint filed by Fardin for rape against the actor for events that occurred in 2009.
What happened on the set of the TV series
There sexual violence it took place during a promotional tour of the series in South America. The cast was in Nicaragua when one evening Juan Darthes sexually abused her colleague, who was 16 at the time, while he was 45. The young actress did not immediately report the actor, but waited nine years. “I took heart after hearing that other women had been abused by him.”, he revealed in 2018 when he decided to report Darthes. The Argentine actor defended himself by accusing the actress in turn: “She entered mine room. She kept annoying me and trying to tease me. It wasn’t me who harassed her, it’s the opposite if anything“. Following the complaint, the actor fled to Brazil thanks to his dual citizenship (Argentine and Brazilian) but Brazilian justice continued its course.
The acquittal then the conviction for rape
In 2023 the court of Sao Paulo, Brazil, acquitted the actor of the charge of sexual violence against his colleague, but the appeal sentence – arrived in recent days – overturned the first verdict. As reported by the South American website Infobae, Juan Darthés was sentenced to six years prison on charges of having raped Thelma Fardin, but the actor will remain free until the final conviction, then the sentence can be served in an open regime. “I had lost faith in justice.
After hearing the sentence that overturned last year’s acquittal everything changed. This must be a message from hope for all those people who still suffer some type of abuse“actress Thelma Fardin said immediately after the sentence.
