“Rape complaint and $4 billion lawsuit pit senior executives at Codelco–Chuquicamata against each other,” 3 December, 2025

A cross‑filed legal battle has senior executives at the state‑owned company Codelco facing off...

On one side is a $4 billion labor lawsuit for wrongful dismissal at the Chuquicamata division; on the other, a criminal rape complaint filed with the Calama Guarantee Court...

According to BioBio Investiga, the dispute began in late September following the termination of M., a former area manager at Chuquicamata, whom the company dismissed for “serious breach of contractual obligations” due to violations of probity...

In her labor action, M. argues that the dismissal occurred in a context of “professional exclusion” and retaliation stemming from an extramarital relationship she maintained for more than a year with R., a senior executive at the copper company...

“This triggered a personal crisis in R.’s life, with direct consequences in my workplace, until I was fired,” M. stated in the legal filing...

With no progress in the labor case, M. took a new legal step and, through her attorney Juan Francisco Maibee, filed a rape complaint against R...

R. denies the allegation. His lawyer, Pedro Orthusteguy, maintains that “the sexual abuse complaint is a tool to pressure the payment of $4 billion” and asserts that the criminal action seeks to obtain economic benefits.