“It was a personal desire, but after I’m born healthy, born on the moon, it will still be my new life.”
This is how the urban music producer reacted Rafael “Raphy” Pina Nieves after a federal judge denied her today, Wednesday, a request to be able to travel to the Dominican Republic to be during the birth of her daughter with the singer Natti Natasha.
The petition stated that would travel from April 23 to June 3 to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, Where the birth would take place, which is scheduled for May 28.
The manager also faces federal charges of possessing two firearms, after having been convicted with a sentence of more than one year and being banned from possessing or carrying them.
“Not all dreams come true, that doesn’t mean you can’t make the dream come true another way or, in my case, somewhere else. After we’re still alive, I’ll keep showing them how great we can continue to be because we don’t let the stones hit us, in return, we use them to continue building the path we enjoyed, “Pina Neus added in a post on her social media.
In the “post,” which he accompanies with a photo of the couple sitting on a bench under a streetlight, he also thanks those who “cared” for him.
The federal judge Francisco A. Besosa he only denied permission and added that he would issue his opinion soon, El Nou Dia reported.
On April 13 – through his lawyers: María Domínguez, Javier Micheo i Manuel Franco– Pina Neus asked that the travel restrictions imposed as part of her $ 1 million bail be changed so that she would be allowed to travel to the Dominican Republic for the lighting that is anticipated for next May 28th.
This date coincides with the death of Pina’s father, of the same name.
Pina’s lawyers further allege that her client has already had permission to use her boat in waters off Puerto Rico and near the city of Miami, the two places to which her movements are restricted as part of the bail.
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, the prosecutor Maria Montañez responded to the order of Pina and his lawyers assuring that the businessman, owner of the company Pina Records, has the comforts to “escape” from his responsibilities with the federal court and travel to the Dominican Republic, and that he witnessed 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.
The indictment against Pina Neus, who is also the manager of his pledge, relates to a rape by the FBI on April 1, 2020 on a property of the music producer also in Caguas.
According to the formal indictment, the producer, knowing that he had been convicted with a sentence of more than one year and was prohibited from possessing or carrying firearms, possessed knowingly: a Glock pistol, model 19, caliber 9 mm; 01:00 Smith & Wesson, model SD40, .40 caliber and various ammunition.
Ammunition was detailed in 526 rounds, including 148 rounds of .40 caliber pistol ammunition, 123 rounds of .357 caliber pistol ammunition, 3 rounds of .45 caliber pistol ammunition, 170 rounds of .25 caliber pistol ammunition, 3 5.7 caliber pistol ammunition cartridges, 35 7.62 caliber rifle ammunition cartridges, 18 7.92 caliber rifle ammunition cartridges, 1.
In turn, he details that the Glock pistol, model 19, was manipulated to fire more than one shot without reloading manually.
If convicted, Pina faces up to 10 years in prison for each charge.