Silvia Orriols's town crier, whom the Aragon government has denounced
Comedian Toni Albà has already had legal problems for other tweets.
BarcelonaComedian Toni Albà (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1961) isn't one to mince his words. This came to the forefront again a few weeks ago following the death of former Aragonese president Javier Lambán. He tweeted a complaint that led to a lawsuit from the regional government, which accuses him of libel and incitement to hatred. "I am protected by freedom of expression, and if they pursue this complaint, I will sue them for malfeasance," the actor warned in statements to ARA, who believes he is being persecuted for his more than 130,000 followers on X: "Hundreds of people attacked him, and they've only sued me, and they've only sued me, and..."
His social media incontinence already led him to be brought before the highest powers of the State, but in 2020 he was acquitted of charges of libel against Judge Carmen Lamela, the Spanish police, and the Civil Guard for various tweets between 2017 and 2018.
Yes, it hurt him that the production company Minoria Absoluta removed him from the program for a year. Poland to tweet that everyone interpreted as being directed at the leader of Ciutadans, Inés Arrimadas, who traveled to Waterloo to protest outside the residence of former President Carles Puigdemont. "My opinions failed me at that moment," laments the comedian, who recalls that in that tweet he never mentioned the Spanish nationalist leader. "Tweets must be interpreted literally, said Judge Marchena during the Proceso trial, and Arrimadas never sued me because they knew the case wasn't going anywhere," he emphasizes.
Albà is also back in the spotlight for accepting Silvia Orriols' offer to deliver the eulogy for the Diada in Ripoll. "She called me to pay tribute to Count Guifré, father of the Catalan nation, and I didn't think twice, even though I've performed for town councils of all political stripes," he explains, as he had already done on X in response to the avalanche of criticism. He makes it clear that he is "anti-fascist," but avoids labeling Alianza as far-right: "It's populism, but Orriols is wrong about many things, because people have the right to migrate and what we need to do is regulate immigration and, above all, integrate it."