‘El Cigala’ might be tried in Jerez for ill-treatment and harassment of his ex-wife

Diego ‘El Cigala’ has been proposed to sit down on the bench by the pinnacle of the Court of Violence towards Women no 1 of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). He was already arrested in June 2021 for alleged continued mistreatment.

One of the three crimes that the choose now attributes to him, along with harassment and aggravated mistreatment for having occurred within the household house. All this towards her now ex-wife, who was her companion on the time.

The case continued its course as preliminary proceedings and, two years later, the investigation that would take him to trial has been accomplished, in accordance with Caso Abierto. The Justice of the Peace has rejected the enchantment offered by the artist’s protection towards the abbreviated process order.

Diego ‘El Cigala’ Europa Press

Said newspaper has had entry to the letter, which states that “it has been initially confirmed that in his relationship” with the sufferer, he confirmed habits “with the aim of submitting to the need of his companion.”

For instance, with expressions resembling “unlucky whore”, he “threatened to throw her out of the home and take away her youngsters to get her to calm right down to his requests.” In addition, ‘El Cigala’ used her “financial superiority” to manage her.

Extension of the restraining order

The choose additionally considers the bodily assaults that the girl outlined in her criticism. They would have occurred “between 2017 and 2020, with blows and shaking.” For his half, the Madrid musician denies the information.

He has already appealed this courtroom order earlier than the Provincial Court of Cádiz. The artist’s ex-partner ended the connection with him in 2021. She returned to Cádiz after residing with Diego in Punta Cana.

There he had left along with his youngsters to be with the singer. It must be remembered that final August he was examined by a forensic medical workforce to find out if he had traits of an abuser.

They additionally examined the girl. The outcome was that there was not “ample knowledge appropriate with a strategy of gender violence”, with out eradicating the potential of “aggressive habits on the a part of the accused”.

Now, the choose has prolonged the restraining order. The Prosecutor’s Office sees that the sufferer’s model is “coherent, with out fissures.” In truth, he already warned months in the past in her writing of the “scenario of vulnerability” that she suffered earlier than the alleged perpetrator of the mistreatment.

Return to Spain on July 26

It simply so occurs that ‘El Cigala’ plans to return to Spain, particularly to Granada, to supply a live performance in Almuñécar. The date is about for July 26 and the setting is Parque El Majuelo.

With this efficiency, the cantaor intends to rejoice the twentieth anniversary of his album ‘Lágrimas negras’, which established him on the music scene with that combination of flamenco and Latin touches, particularly the bolero.

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