The former deputy of Sumar Iñigo Errejón and the actress Elisa Mouliaá must appear this Friday before magistrate Arturo Zamarriego, summoned by the lawsuit that the politician filed against her for alleged slander. The complaint was filed after the interpreter accused him of extorting two witnesses who testified in the case investigating an alleged sexual assault attributed to the former parliamentarian, after their statements before the court had been postponed on two previous occasions.
These appearances, which had been initially scheduled for the month of February in the courts of Plaza de Castilla (Madrid), were suspended on two occasions, the last one on March 27.
For that date, the actress's defense provided a medical certificate indicating that she could not attend because she had to undergo surgery.
On the second occasion, Mouliaá again requested the suspension alleging health problems, but Judge Zamarriego rejected the request as the interpreter had not presented the medical report on her "supposed illness".
After the second suspension and in order to "avoid further delays in the process", the magistrate granted three days to the parties to communicate if there was any duly accredited impediment to attend on April 24, the new date set.
Errejón intends to "put a limit on defamation"
The legal representation of Errejón had previously initiated a conciliation proceeding and demanded that Mouliaá pay compensation of 10,000 euros if she did not retract her public statements. The actress rejected that path, which allowed the former deputy to formalize the lawsuit.
"Mouliaá reacted on his social network 'X', spreading false claims about Errejón regarding his relationship with said witnesses, with whom he allegedly communicated, falsely imputing a crime of extortion to him so that they would testify in his favor," the prosecution's brief stated.
The lawsuit also incorporated several messages from the artist on said platform. "No. Errejón refused to hand over his phone because he had extorted two of my witnesses. Do not invent reality," wrote Mouliaá in response to information disseminated by various media outlets.
At the entrance of the Plaza de Castilla courts, on the day the second summons was scheduled, the former Sumar deputy stated that he was not attending to "defend himself," but rather to "set a limit to the slanders and calumnies" of the actress.
"The truth must first make its way in the justice institutions," Errejón stressed in statements to journalists.