Mouliaá avoids arrest and voluntarily appears before the judge for the Errejón case

BarcelonaActress Elisa Mouliaá voluntarily appeared before the judge this Wednesday to respond to the case investigating her for alleged defamation against Sumar's former spokesperson, Íñigo Errejón. Last week, the magistrate ordered her arrest if she did not attend the third summons. In this way, Mouliaá avoided being arrested by the police.

The actress was summoned last week for the third time before Judge Arturo Zamarriego, although she decided not to appear and claimed she was working in the United Arab Emirates. On social media, she specified that she would try to appear by video call if the magistrate accepted it. The judge, however, ordered her to be arrested and brought before the court because he considered that "a clear and unequivocal intention to evade justice" had been demonstrated.

After Mouliaá's statement, Errejón's defense has asked the judge to impose the obligation on the actress to appear every 15 days at the court because they consider she has shown an obstructive attitude towards justice. The objective, according to the former Sumar spokesperson's lawyer, is to ensure Mouliaá's presence in the proceedings for future notifications and given the risk that she may not appear again for upcoming legal summons, reports the Efe agency. Now the judge must issue an order responding to this request.

Last week was the third time Mouliaá avoided appearing in person before the judge. The first summons was on March 27. Mouliaá announced on television her "firm intention" not to appear and that appointment was eventually suspended because Alfredo Arrién, who was then her lawyer, was undergoing surgery. The second attempt was on April 24. The actress asked to postpone it again and the judge rejected it, but she did not go, claiming she was on sick leave. Two days later, a forensic doctor went to her home and concluded that she was fully capable of testifying.

In a statement to which the Efe agency has had access, the actress explains that this Wednesday she decided to voluntarily return to Spain to make herself available to the judiciary and declare in person, "despite having previously accredited professional commitments outside the country and having alleged medical circumstances".

The hearing began at 10:30 a.m. It is part of the case opened after a complaint filed by Errejón against the actress for alleged defamation for saying that he extorted witnesses in the case in which the former parliamentary spokesperson for Sumar is accused of alleged sexual assault on Mouliaá, which allegedly occurred in October 2021. The defense of the Sumar spokesperson in Congress requested a conciliation act and compensation of 10,000 euros if Mouliaá did not retract. She rejected it and left the way clear for the lawsuit, which Errejón finally formalized.