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31 March 2011 |
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Bodyguards
Involved
In
Brady-Bündchen
Wedding
Shooting
In Costa
Rica
Will Go
To Trial
Three
men will
be
starting
trial on
April 29
for
shooting
at an
AFP news
agency
photographer
two
years
ago
while
photographing
near the
sight of
the
wedding
ceremony
of NFL
quarterback,
Tom
Brady
and
Brazilian
super
model,
Gisele
Bündchen,
in
Puntarenas.
The men,
working
as
bodyguards
on April
4, 2009,
face
charges
of
attempted
homicide
for
firing
shots at
AFP
photographer,
Yuri
Cortez
and a
local
press
photographer,
Carlos
Aviles.
The
trial
will be
in
Puntarenas
with
"oral
hearings",
the
first
step in
the
criminal
trial,
is set
to begin
on April
29.
The
defendants
are
identified
as
Alexander
Rivas,
Manuel
Valverde
and
Miguel
Solis,
who
formed
the
private
security
team
around
Brady
and
Bündchen.
The
Organismo
de
Investigacion
Judicial
(OIJ)
was
called
to
investigate
on April
4, 2009,
following
reports
of shots
being
fired in
the area
of Santa
Teresa
de
Cobano,
where
the
Brady-Bündchen
wedding
ceremony
was
being
held.
The OIJ
report
says
that the
photographers
were on
public
property
when
private
security
guards
forced
them
back
onto
private
property,
demanding
they
turn
over
their
photographic
equipment,
when one
of the
bodyguards
fired
his
weapon
at the
photographer's
vehicle
when
they
attempted
to leave
scene.
The
bullet
shattered
the
vehicle's
windshield,
ricocheting
almost
hitting
Cortez,
the
report
says.
A
lawsuit
filed in
New York
District
Court in
September
2009,
accusing
Brady
and
Bündchen
of
authorizing
employees
to open
fire
with
intent
to kill
or
wound,
was
dismissed,
the
court
saying
it was
out of
their
jurisdiction,
as
neither
Bündchen
or Brady
lived in
New York
at the
time.
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