Argentine golfer Ángel Cabrera has been launched from jail on parole after he accomplished two years in custody over gender violence instances in opposition to two of his ex-girlfriends.
Judge Cristóbal Laje Ros of Cordoba province — 800 kilometers north of Buenos Aires (500 miles) — launched the golfer after psychological checks on the 53-year-old Cabrera.
“Cabrera has internalized the damaging mistakes he made. He regrets it,” the decide advised a neighborhood tv station.
“He will return to his home with his family.”
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Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open champion and 2009 Masters winner, was sentenced in July 2021 to 2 years in jail for threats and harassment of Cecilia Torres Mana, his associate between 2016 and 2018.
In November 2022, he was additionally on trial for threats and harassment in opposition to Micaela Escudero, one other of his ex-girlfriends. Cabrera pleaded responsible, the court docket made the 2 sentences concurrent and gave him three years and 10 months in jail.
Torres Mana and Escudero mentioned Cabrera deserved to be launched on parole, Ros mentioned.
During the investigation, Cabrera travelled to the United States in 2020 with out informing native authorities, which led Cordoba province to hunt his arrest internationally. The golfer got here to Brazil, the place he was arrested in January 2021 after which extradited to Argentina.