Cuban content creator Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente announced on Monday that her trial and that of her mother, Caridad Silvente, has been scheduled for October 1, following the postponement of the hearing initially set for September.
"The lawyer just called us to say that he was contacted by the court to inform him that the trial will be on the first of October... for now," wrote Bensi on her X account, leaving open the possibility of another date change.
Mother and daughter are accused of "acts against personal and family privacy", after recording and posting on social media the visit of an agent from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) who came to their home to deliver a summons from State Security.
The trial was originally scheduled for September 17, but it was postponed days beforehand.
"They informed my mom and me that the trial has been postponed, according to them, due to personal issues of the judge, and to this day there is still no date," Bensi explained in a video posted on Sunday, before learning of the new summons.
The activist also drew attention to the coincidence of the date with a demonstration for the freedom of Cuba scheduled for that same day in Washington D.C.
"I find it curious that, on the same day they scheduled the trial (...), there is a march organized in the United States for the freedom of Cuba," he wrote on Facebook. Bensi did not provide any evidence of a relationship between the two events.
The trial against the mother and daughter began in March 2026, when MININT sub-official Yoel Leodán Rabaza Ramos visited their home, and they recorded and disseminated the encounter—an action that Bensi has defended as a protective measure against the actions of the authorities.
Since then, both have remained under house arrest and are prohibited from leaving the country.
The case was initially filed away after his attorney, Roberto Ortega Ortiz, argued that the alleged offense required a direct complaint from the person considered affected. In July, the agent submitted that complaint and the judicial process was reactivated.
According to Bensi, among the demands made by the officer is that both record and publish a video apologizing.
"What he is asking is for my mom and me to make a public apology video, a video in which we retract our statements and post it on social media for him to recover his reputation," she relayed.
The plaintiff's lawyer has also requested two years of limitation on freedom for each of them.
Bensi claims that, despite the legal proceedings and the restrictions imposed in recent months, he would publish the video that gave rise to the case again.
"If I were given the opportunity to turn back time, knowing all the repression that would come down on me, believe me, I would do it again," he stated.
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