By james art 
Prosecutors in Miami-Dad will not seek accusations against Andy SantanaA former cashier of a conservative influence campaign and a one -time mayoral candidate Alex OtaolaHe claims to have sex with a minor.
State prosecutor Catherine Fernandez Rotell Office said in a note that there is no longer a case after the youth in question withdraw your complaintS
The 17-year-old told prosecutors that he was forced to blame Santana by a masked man who suggests that the harm could come to the boy’s family in Cuba, unless he complies.
TeleMundo 51 The dismissal of the case is first reported on Friday. The clerk’s records in Miami-Dad show that the case was closed on January 31, with all charges being dismissed. Santana admitted that she was not guilty and asked the case to go to court.
“I withdrew my statement because it was a complaint made under threat,” the teenager told Telemundo in Spanish. “There is no sexual evidence that we had sexual relations.”
Police arrested 33 -year -old Santana in early October after Otaol put a distant third in the mayor’s race in Miami-Dad. He was booked on a crime of having sex with a minor and a crime accusation of contributing to a minor’s crime after the unnamed boy told the authorities that they had a four -month sexual relationship.
According to arrested AfidavitThe teenager told police in Hyalia that between May and September 2024 he and Santana had different levels of sexual contact, including oral and anal sex. The boy also “produces casual photos and a video confirms his allegations,” the statement said.
Santana – whose full name is referred to as “Andy Santana Zamora” in custody – it is also claimed to have encouraged the victim identified as Rm In the declaration to use drugs before sex and at least once put it on with handcuffs and rape.
RM told police that Santana had ended contact with him last month after being “concerned about the potential information about him and the victim involved in sexual activity revealed in social media.”
Before the arrest of Santana, a few amateur tictoc Studs compiled video and photographic footage of a Sananatan and a young man they claim one videoA Santana and a young man with a distinctive, red neck tattoo seems to be recorded in bed.
Otaola confirmed shortly after Santana’s arrest that he was indeed his former cashier. He said the allegations were “shameful” and the accusations they encountered were “really rejected.”
“I have no control over the private life of my employees, and although I appreciate them a lot, I strongly condemn any illegal or morally dubious activity. Everyone will have to face responsibility for their own actions and prove their innocence, “he says in a statement.
“Let me be clear: I have nothing to do with this situation and have nothing to make a statement about it.”
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