Journalist
Juan Pedro Aleart
surprised the audience of Channel 3 in Rosario when, at the beginning of the program he hosts, he began to tell a terrible intimate and family story that included abuse suffered by him and his brothers.
The long story that the journalist gave this Thursday about the ordeal suffered since his childhood provoked
the reaction of his brothers
, protagonists and victims of this tragedy, who publicly expressed their disagreement with the coming to light of the story and made it clear that
they They had not been authorized
to tell it on television.
"We inform you that we have not given any authorization for our names, data and privacy to be publicly exposed. This was reported to Juan Pedro Aleart, to whom we
expressed our desire to preserve our privacy
, privacy and mental health taking into account the personal processes that we have been going through all these years," said Sofía and Martín Aleart in a joint statement released on social networks.
The brothers clarify that, despite the warning, they were "brutally revictimized and exposed to public opinion." For this reason, they say, "we urge the media to refrain from reproducing information where we are mentioned and talked about the violence suffered and our overall health."
Along these lines, they denounced "the psychological violence" to which they are being subjected due to the "irresponsible dissemination of sensitive and private information that has been broadcast from Channel 3 in Rosario."
"We call on society to commit to the victims of sexual abuse, to respect their rights, to build fair justice and to respect current laws," they highlighted, and asked public opinion to stand up. ask "what child and adolescent victim of sexual abuse is going to dare to report the violence suffered if their privacy is exposed in all the media in the country."
The complaint of Juan Pedro Aleart
Juan Pedro Aleart said that his father abused his sister since she was three years old. "My father sexually abused my sister in front of me, when I was a child. He made me and my brother believe that it was a game, that my sister was exaggerating. But the truth always wins," he said.
"I am a witness to his panic attacks, deep anguish crises, insomnia, hair loss, loss of body weight. And I know that he thought about taking his own life as a result of everything my father did to him," he added.
The journalist said that it took him time to convince her to file a complaint, but that he finally managed to get her to appear in court. "(When) my father was notified of the complaint three weeks ago and not wanting to face the atrocity he had committed, he decided to commit suicide," he added.
The dramatic story also includes a chapter with the journalist and his brother as protagonists.
"While all this was happening, in a house where my mother was also a victim but at the same time an accomplice, an uncle, whom I trusted, took advantage of the context of vulnerability and abused me and my brother from the age of six. My parents They did nothing. He was the first person I reported. It was difficult, but I did it," revealed Aleart, who said he appeared in court at the end of 2022.
"Heal", the emotional story of Juan Pedro Aleart
After telling the horror that he and his brothers went through, Aleart published an emotional story on his Instagram account.
"I promised myself to heal that child who was hurt so much. Soon I will paint the other eye of the Daruma," he wrote about a photograph in which two images from his childhood are seen, a paper with the word "Heal" and the Japanese talisman at the back. which he referred to.
The mayor of Rosario, Pablo Javkin, gave his support to the journalist. "I am deeply moved by the testimony of Juan Pedro. His courage forces us to treat these issues with the seriousness and administration of justice that they deserve," said the Rosario communal chief.
"Juan Pedro, I send you a huge hug, which I hope to give you soon personally," Javkin added.