Raphy Pina, manager of Daddy Yankee, told Efe on Tuesday that he is “waiting” for a federal judge’s decision to change conditions for a criminal case and allow him to travel to the Dominican Republic for the birth of his daughter with Dominican singer Natti Natasha.
“I am waiting for the judge to make his decision, and calmly, doing things as they are and following the guidelines,” Pina said in an interview with Efe, while waiting for the determination of Judge Francisco Besosa, of the Federal Court of Saint John.
The indictment against Pina, who is also the manager of his pledge, refers to a rape by the FBI on April 1, 2020 on a property of the music producer also in Caguas, a municipality near San Juan .
The indictment states that Pina had pistols, rifles, shotguns and ammunition for them, including a Glock model 19, caliber 9 mm, and a pistol Smith and Wesson, model SD40, caliber .40 and ammunition.
In turn, he details that the Glock pistol, model 19, was manipulated to fire more than one shot without reloading manually.
If convicted, Pina could face up to ten years in prison.
According to a member of Pina’s work team, he had not lived in the house for almost nine months, so he was not present at the scene at the time of the procedure.
Besosa’s decision will now be based on an order proposed by Pina last April 13 through his lawyers María Domínguez, Javier Micheo and Manuel Franco.
In this petition, the music producer’s legal representatives are calling for the travel restrictions imposed on the music producer to be changed as part of its $ 1 million bail to allow it to travel to the Dominican Republic for lighting. anticipates for next May 28th.
This date coincides with the death of Pina’s father, of the same name.
This request from Pina would be to travel from April 23 to June 3 to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, where the birth would take place.
Pina’s lawyers further allege that his client has already had permission to use his boat in Puerto Rican waters and near the city of Miami (USA), the two places to which his movements are restricted as part of the bond.
However, for this Pina must use a nautical tracker so that the federal authorities know when he is using his boat and where he is going.
However, prosecutor Maria Montañez responded to the order of Pina and her lawyers by assuring that the businessman, owner of the company Pina Records, has the comforts to “escape” from his responsibilities with the federal court and travel in the Dominican Republic, and that witnessing the birth of her daughter in another country is not valid enough.
“The defendant’s decision to perform the birth of his baby in a foreign country is not a valid reason to alter the original bail conditions and considered necessary to ensure that the defendant appears in future proceedings and for the safety of the community. “Montañez alleged.
“Nor is the birth of his fourth child a circumstance that should allow defendant Pina, a federal crime convict, who is now accused of illegally possessing two weapons and more than 500 rounds of ammunition, to abandon the jurisdiction of the United States and going to a foreign country, ”he added.