The judge orders the arrest of Elisa Mouliaá for not having appeared for Errejón's lawsuit

MadridThe judge investigating the 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 decision was made 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 search and arrest warrant will be in effect until June 2031. Furthermore, the magistrate is forwarding testimony to the deanery of the Madrid courts to determine if her "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 appear, alleging that she was working abroad and assuring on social media that she was available remotely.

It was on Friday that she herself announced on X – in a tweet she later deleted – that she would not appear to testify in person because she would be working between Dubai and the Red Sea with an "international professional contract" in effect 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 that she would not go, she herself assured on X that she had canceled her workday and was at the hotel "prepared" and with "signal" to connect via video call.

This was stated by her lawyer, Yurena Carrillo, to the judge. Upon leaving, in front of the media, she explained that she had offered the possibility for the actress to testify remotely and lamented that the magistrate "didn't even" respond to the request. "He hasn't considered 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 defamation

so as not to "burden herself" with the weight of the complaint in "Curious country where media attention focuses on the accuser while the main case remains unresolved," Elisa Mouliaá has insisted in recent days. Why did she say that? The latest developments in the main case were marked by the actress's comings and goings. Last February, within five days, she went from withdrawing the accusation so as not 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. At the beginning of January, the judge sent Íñigo Errejón to trial, but it is still pending the Audiencia de Madrid resolving the appeal filed by his defense. It is the last link he has to avoid sitting in the dock.

The third planting

Monday was the third time Elisa Mouliaá avoided appearing in person before the judge for the libel lawsuit. The first summons was on March 27. She announced on television her "firm intention" not to appear and that appointment ended up being suspended because Alfredo Arrién, who was her lawyer, had surgery. The second attempt was on April 24. The actress asked to suspend it again, 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 14, the judge summoned her for June 15 and added an "express precaution" just in case: "If she does not appear, her detention may be ordered." And that is what has ended up happening.