On 29 July 2006, Rafael Dangond and Lissette Ochoa attended a wedding party at the exclusive Country Club in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia.
He recounted looking at her as if she were a character from the film The Exorcist, for her eyes were purple and swollen, her upper lip was touching her nose, and she had come out crawling.
[5] Jorge immediately tried to report the incident to the police, but was told to return later in the morning when the person in charge of such cases arrived – negligence that he and others would later criticize in the media.
The case gained notoriety thanks in part to Ochoa's aunt, Astrid Amador, who took pictures of her during the wedding and afterwards at the hospital.
[2] On 17 November 2006, he was formally accused, by Ochoa's family members in a sectional attorney's office in Barranquilla, of assault and battery, homicide intent, and carrying an illegal weapon.
The attorney later decided on the case and absented himself from a final resolution and revoked the preventive detention, temporarily setting Dangond free.
[8] On 1 December 2006, Dangond acknowledged that he had drug addiction and psychological problems, including personality issues, and that they had also affected their two children.