Brazilian stripper interrupts Peruvian president’s online corruption hearing

LIMA (Reuters) -A video of a dancing Brazilian stripper interrupted a digital public listening to of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo’s corruption investigation on Wednesday.

“They’re displaying very suggestive photographs,” prosecutor Samuel Rojas mentioned because the footage of the male stripper, Ricardo Milos, appeared on screens through the listening to.

The surprising content material appeared as Rojas was outlining the explanation why Castillo must be investigated. The listening to was being publicly broadcast on the judiciary department’s tv channel, with the offending clip later shared extensively on Twitter.

A supreme court docket decide is evaluating a request to throw out the investigation into whether or not the president led a corruption plot involving his former Minister of Transport and Communications, Juan Silva, who’s presently in hiding.

The president’s authorized protection group is attempting to stop prosecutors from questioning him at a listening to scheduled for Friday.

The video of Milos appeared via the person account of Benji Espinosa, a member of Castillo’s protection group, prompting a short suspension of the listening to.

Espinosa denied that he was answerable for the video and says he was the sufferer of “laptop crime.”

“The video appeared abruptly, giving the impression that it got here from my account, which I reject,” Espinosa instructed Reuters by cellphone.

The lawyer added he was submitting a criticism with the decide and claimed that the incident “reveals that the digital system of the judiciary is weak.”

Leftist President Castillo presently faces scrutiny of alleged corruption in his authorities, social protests and a fall in recognition after 10 months in energy.

(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Enhancing by Stephen Coates)