Marta Hermoso, the influencer accused of being an accomplice in the robbery of a luxury hotel in Madrid.

BarcelonaThat everything on social media is much more beautiful than in real life, we had no doubt at this point. What we perhaps hadn't anticipated is that what we see on social media can be so completely different from what actually happens, as evidenced by the case affecting the influencer Marta Hermoso. Her arrest, which took place in 2024 and has only just become known, has highlighted the rift between the image some people project on the internet and the real lives of these same individuals. A deep but invisible rift that is currently being classified as presumed, as she is awaiting trial. She explains how a simple friendship date ended up leading to her disappearance from social media, where she displayed her luxurious lifestyle, and a legal dispute involving at least four defendants.

The problems for this 35-year-old woman from Seville with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram began at the end of September last year, when she was allegedly captured on camera at the Hotel Wellington in Madrid with a Mexican millionaire named Enrique Abascal. The meeting between her and this businessman dedicated to the technology sector was allegedly interpreted by the police officers investigating the case as the necessary collaboration of the influencer with the assailants who, while the couple were having dinner, were allegedly breaking into the safe in his room, where he had kept three high-end watches, bracelets, and cash. A loot that, in total, is said to be valued at around 400,000 euros.

This information, revealed exclusively by The WorldHermoso points out that this was an essential part of a plan that led to her and three other people being arrested. At this point, after having testified in court, the four are free awaiting trial, charged with alleged burglary.

Flood of information

When this case became public, other media outlets contributed to the matter. Of particular note is Vanity, which adds that the recordings from the cameras of this five-star hotel in the Salamanca district would have served to identify the influencer and that one of the other detainees had accused her of being an ideologue this time. The messages that Abascal and she exchanged on the day of the assault also emerged. The messages, released by the Antena 3 program And now Sonsoles, reflect a conversation that lasted from 12 noon until they met at dusk, messages that took on an increasingly conspiratorial tone. In the conversation, she mentioned his economic power. WhatsApp They ended at 7:41 p.m. on September 28, when she told him they would meet at the hotel. "See you there," she wrote. A few hours later, the businessman reported the robbery.

Other published information claims that Hermoso referred to Abascal at some point as a "client" when speaking with the other detainees and that, apart from meeting with him in lobby from the hotel, he would have also gone up to his room before going out to dinner together. In addition, it has also been learned that she, always very well connected with people from the jet set From Madrid and Marbella, she lived a very high standard of living.

Media signing

Faced with this avalanche of information, Hermoso has not been slow to respond and has sought out one of the most high-profile lawyers in recent times in Spain, Juango Ospina, known for defending the interests of the family of Dr. Edwin Arrieta, who died in Thailand at the hands of Daniel Sancho. Ospina appeared on EsRadio this Wednesday to defend his client, whom he says there is no possibility that she was the woman who was at the hotel with the businessman.

"I can confirm that Marta was not present on the day of the events near the Hotel Wellington. On the 28th, a robbery occurred, and our client, Marta, was not at the hotel that day," Ospina explained specifically. In other words, according to his theory, there was a failure to identify the suspect in the police investigation that has been leaked to the media. The lawyer, a criminal law specialist, used his media appearance to discuss a second part of the investigation that had not been leaked to the media, which mentions the appearance of other women at the crime scene. "There are several women who participated in the crime scene. One is known, and another person is a hotel employee who has gone completely unnoticed," Ospina explained on Federico Jiménez Losantos' radio station, clarifying that his client has never been "an escort, a companion, or anything like that."".

A case without images

The resolution of this case will be long, as always happens in Spain with the tempos exasperating justice system. However, along the way, it's expected that there will be a lot of noise, as she has become a target for media outlets of all kinds. The truth is that the fact that the Sevillian has disappeared from the internet, where she supposedly made a very good living, leaves her in a somewhat bad place. If you were really mistaken for someone else and the problem is as simple as this, you can upload a reel on your Instagram, where you explain it and continue to make a living on this network as you have until now. Practicing absolute silence, in the cyber world of the 21st century, is abandoning your followers. It's what they're going to digest the worst. Unless you know you'll never be able to return to the business of public exposure, of course. Then, maybe you don't care anymore... In fact, perhaps this was Hermoso's quick conclusion, and it has also emerged these days that he had a history of it—he publishes it Woman– for allegedly stealing a Rolex valued at 10,000 euros, for fraud and forgery of documents.

But beyond the parallel lives that the woman allegedly had, influencerThis case, which could easily become a David Lynch film, also stands out for its lack of images. There are virtually no photos available of either him or her, something that in the era of the entry image might seem discouraging, but which, when it comes down to it, has generated an extra dose of mystery that makes the case even more captivating. It's understandable that there are no photos, since none of those involved wanted publicity. Neither did the accused, which is logical. Nor did the alleged victim. Why is that? Nor did the hotel, which always shudder at the bad press it generates in cases like this. Despite all these media obstacles, the story has emerged. We'll see if the truth finally emerges, or just the...