The judge orders the arrest of Elisa Mouliaá for not appearing for Errejón's lawsuit
The magistrate believes he has shown a "clear and unequivocal will to evade the action of justice"
MadridThe judge investigating actress Elisa Mouliaá following the lawsuit filed by Íñigo Errejón for alleged defamation has ordered her arrest and to be brought before the court. This was agreed upon 24 hours after the actress failed to appear for the third summons as an investigated party. In the ruling, to which ARA has had access, Arturo Zamarriego argues that Elisa Mouliaá "has repeatedly expressed her intention not to appear" in court, which demonstrates a "clear and unequivocal will to evade the action of justice." The arrest warrant will be in effect until June 2031. Furthermore, the magistrate is forwarding testimony to the dean's office of the Madrid courts in case Mouliaá's "repeated non-appearance" constitutes a crime of disobedience to judicial authority. The actress was summoned this Monday at eleven in the morning at the Plaza de Castilla courts, but she did not show up, alleging she was working abroad, and stated on social media that she was available remotely.
Mouliáa insisted again this Tuesday that she is working abroad and that she offered to testify via video call, canceling her workday, but that the judge denied it. "It is not justice when headlines arrive before notifications," she stated on social media to denounce that she learned of the arrest warrant through the media.
Friday she herself announced on X – in a tweet she later deleted – that she would not go to testify in person because she would be working between Dubai and the Red Sea with a valid "international professional contract" between June 8 and July 31: "I have documented that I will be in areas without coverage and with very limited communications," she had repeated in recent hours in different posts. When it was confirmed she would not go, she herself assured on X that she had canceled her workday and that she was at the hotel "prepared" and with "signal" to connect by video call.
Her lawyer, Yurena Carrillo, informed the judge of this. Upon leaving the courts, in front of the media, Carrillo explained that she had offered the possibility for the actress to testify remotely and regretted that the magistrate "didn't even" respond to the request. "He didn't consider it," she said. "We don't know if it would have worked or not. She tried to connect and had no coverage, but what you don't try, you don't achieve," she added.
A lawsuit for slander
arguing that she did not want to "carry the burden of the complaint alone" in "Curious country that one in which media attention focuses on the accuser while the main case remains unresolved," Elisa Mouliaá has complained insistently in recent days. Why did she say that? The latest developments in the main case were marked by the actress's comings and goings. In February, within five days, she went from withdrawing the accusation arguing that she did not want to "bear the burden of the complaint alone" to maintaining the accusation and the request for three years in prison and compensation of 30,000 euros. In early January the judge sent Íñigo Errejón to trial, but it is still pending that the High Court of Justice of Madrid resolves the appeal filed by his defense. It is the last step he has to avoid sitting on the defendant's bench.
The third planting
Monday was the third time Elisa Mouliaá avoided appearing in person before the judge regarding the defamation lawsuit. The first summons was on March 27th. Mouliaá announced on television her "firm intention" not to appear, and that appointment was ultimately suspended because Alfredo Arrién, who was her lawyer, had surgery. The second attempt was on April 24th. 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. Finally, in a new resolution, on May 14th, the judge summoned her for June 15th and added an "express precaution" just in case: "If she does not appear, her arrest may be ordered." And that is what has ended up happening.