This Thursday morning, the Criminal Court 3 of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) opened the trial against the singer Diego El Cigala, accused of alleged crimes of abuse and humiliation following a complaint filed by his wife before the courts of Jerez. for which he was arrested in Madrid and then released without any precautionary measures while awaiting trial.
In her final report, the prosecutor acknowledged that the main evidence against her in this case was the victim’s statement. In any case, he considers his testimony “firm, persistent, without contradictions and coherent”. The trial which took place in Criminal Court Number 3 of Jerez de la Frontera lasted almost six hours.
The prosecutor indicated that Kina recounts “specific episodes with precise details”. Since 2017, insults, threats and physical attacks have taken place in places like Jerez, Barcelona and the Dominican Republic.
“The fact that she was jealous does not justify a subsequent episode of aggression, when she believes that her husband was cheating on her with another person. exercised by the accused.
The public prosecutor attributes to the singer a crime of habitual violence and four of abuse in the area of violence against women. His representative also pointed out that with the exception of the victim’s mother and aunt, the rest of the witnesses who testified work for the accused, with financial dependence.
“I couldn’t take it anymore”
Regarding the alleged delay in reporting to the Jerez police station, which led to the singer’s arrest in Madrid, the prosecutor said that this “delay is typical of domestic violence.” The complaint was filed in June 2021. He also stressed that under no circumstances did he intend to file it, and that he only did so when he “couldn’t take it anymore” .
The private prosecution adhered to the theses put forward by the prosecution. He also added the aggravating circumstance of parentage, while the defense requested an acquittal sentence.
Diego el Cigala’s lawyer criticized the fact that Kina presented against his client, according to him, a “Prickly and tortuous” complaint with “solely ignoble economic interest”. “Diego is not a saint, but that does not make him a tyrant,” he said after accusing the complainant of lying. In his testimony before the judge, the singer denied having mistreated his ex-wife, and attributed his complaint to his alleged jealousy.
“I’ve never laid hands on any womanin life”, assured the artist. Likewise, he said that his ex-wife even threatened to denounce him for mistreatment. In addition, she was going to ruin his career if they did not reach a financial agreement Regarding this last aspect he said that there were even “negotiations”.
“Infierno” with the singer
His ex-wife Dolores Ruiz Méndez said “hell” who lived with the singer. He also assured the court that she was, for him, “trash” and that she was “responsible for everything that happened to him.”
The victim said she lived in fear. Especially when they resided in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic). “I couldn’t wait to come to Spain, it was hell,” said Kina Méndez, visibly affected. Likewise, he spoke of different episodes of insults, threats, humiliation and physical attacks such as a slap, a shove or a kick to the ground. He said he had come to normalize humiliation.
Contrary to what the accused claimed, denied being a jealous person. He defined the singer as a person who “could not be contradicted in anything.” “He couldn’t stand that I was shining one way or another,” he said.
The victim, who recognizes herself as “totally financially dependent” on the artist since she met him, also indicated that instead of “shrinking, she was giving him balls”. This despite the fact that “in gypsy culture, men rule”.
The singer had already been convicted in 2014 by the Madrid Court of Instruction 12 for lack of threats against a flight attendant, to whom he had to pay a 20-day fine at the rate of six euros per day, or 245 euros, for the days. she was unable to work, in addition to 1,200 euros for the consequences suffered and 2,520 euros for the medical expenses he had.
