Fernández Claims Video with Pettinato Was Intended for Radio Host Tenembaum, Re-ignites Dispute Over Abuse Allegations
BUENOS AIRES – Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández is now asserting that a previously discussed video featuring socialite Tamara Pettinato and a playful “tell me something nice” exchange was actually meant for radio host Ernesto Tenembaum, not as a flirtatious advance as some have interpreted. The revelation came during a wide-ranging interview where Fernández also vehemently denied accusations of domestic violence leveled by his former partner, Fabiola Yáñez, and criticized the media’s coverage of the case.
Fernández, reflecting on his past management, praised former Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, stating, ”For a year and a half he helped us solve many problems that we had in absolutely adverse conditions,” and acknowledged “an endearing affection” for his former minister.
The interview then turned to the internal dynamics of Peronism, with Fernández employing a football analogy. “You have to see if the two teams play with the first and put their best players,” he explained.”If it turns out that you play on a slanted court and also with the third, you are in a problem. And if you also your defenders shoot you at the goal, we are in a problem.”
However, the most contentious portion of the interview centered on allegations of abuse made by Yáñez.Fernández emphatically denied the accusations, calling them part of a ”media operation” and stating, “I never did such a thing.” He pointed to inconsistencies in Yáñez’s account and focused on the testimony of her beautician, alleging illegal medical practice.
“She admitted to having been in Olivos on June 19, but said she had not given Fabiola any treatment. Now, it turns out that in the City someone reported that beautician for illegal practice of medicine, they filed a case against her, they seized her phone and on the phone are her conversations with Fabiola talking about the aesthetic treatment they did on her eye,” Fernández explained. He further claimed the judge in the beautician’s case acknowledged Yáñez as a victim of the treatments.
Fernández also accused Judge Julián Ercolini of bias and discrepancies in the timeline of events. He concluded by criticizing current President Javier Milei’s repeated references to his administration’s creation of the Ministry of Women, which Milei afterward abolished, stating, ”I hear the President all the time say that ’he who created the Ministry of Women hit women.’ Of course. It was very well used.”
