Leslie Guadalupe, the intern who exposed Nacho Cano for alleged crimes against the rights of foreigners and workers in the sector Musical malinche, managed to obtain from the judge responsible for the order suspending his declaration scheduled for Monday. “I was not able to defend myself because I do not have a trusted lawyer. I could ask ex officio, but I want to think very carefully about who will handle my case. I would not like to find myself blocked again,” he explains in statements to elDiario.es, after his previous lawyer “resigned” from his position. His deadline is November 14.
The Mexican assures that after being “locked for two hours in the hostel” where she lived with the rest of the trainees, Nacho Cano and his team offered her “3,000 euros, a return ticket and to sign a letter disengagement”. . Leslie Guadalupe refused to accept their conditions and, as detailed in this newspaper, they offered her “more money, up to 10,000 euros”. “I didn’t accept anything,” he said.
The first call he received was from Susana Jové, another of the three people accused along with the former Mecano member. “You won’t be able to live here,” was one of the phrases with which he tried to convince her to accept his proposal. It was then that he called a lawyer he knew in his country, and it was he who warned him that “he could denounce or reach a conciliation agreement, which is what Nacho was going to want”.
“It scared me a little,” he admits of how he felt. “You weren’t going to come back by his means and you weren’t going to sign anything either. “I’m going to find a life,” was the decision he made before filing a complaint.
Leslie Guadalupe was called to testify this Monday before the investigating court number 19 of Madrid against Nacho Cano and three directors of the musical Malinche. The trainee assures that “she is completely willing” to testify before the judge. “I’m not afraid of that. I know I’m telling the truth,” he insists, “but the best thing to do is wait until I have someone I trust by my side. “I don’t want to get stuck again.”
According to Efe, the lawyers of the producer’s team, from the Cremades law firm, opposed the suspension, understanding that it was not necessary and that, in addition, the complainant had been informed that she had to appoint a lawyer and a prosecutor before the last time. Friday, which he did not do.
