The actor Juan José Ballesta He testified this Friday in the Plaza Casilla Courts, in Madrid, accused of robbery by violence. Before entering, he declared his innocence before the media, ensuring that the complainant is just another person who seeks to take advantage of him.
“I come to tell my truth and the only thing that has happened here is that There is a person who wanted to take advantage of me. At no time was I going to record any video clip or anything, which was his intention, and all this was set up when I told him that I was not going to do it,” explained the interpreter, and stated that he will not “speak to me ever again.” this person unless it is in court” because he is “one more who wants to get on the bandwagon.
The events occurred on November 29 in the Madrid district of Hortaleza. The National Police arrested the artist for, supposedly, assault and steal money and a jacket from an acquaintance. However, Ballesta's version is very different.
Ballesta's version and a key testimony
The actor says that he went with a friend to the house of Álvaro, the complainant, the morning the events occurred. There the man asked his mother for 50 euros to film a video clip, but she didn't give it to them, so they left the house.
Once they were in the complainant's car, The actor told him that he was not going to collaborate with him, at which time the complainant attacked the interpreter, hitting him several times. Ballesta assured that he tried to get out of the car with his friend to try to escape. At that moment there was a struggle and Álvaro's girlfriend called the Police.
As reported this Friday We'll seethe complainant's girlfriend has called Ballesta to let him know that will participate in the trial as a witness, which could favor the actor and recover the file in the event that both versions coincide. Furthermore, police sources stressed that inside Ballesta's vehicle they did not find either the jacket or the 50 euros that he had supposedly stolen.
One more court date
The actor is also being investigated by the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Parla (Madrid). for an alleged sexual assault committed last summer. The actor's defense demanded that the case be archived, something that was denied by the judge, who agreed to collect new evidence requested by the prosecution.
The complainant's lawyer, Juan Manuel Medina, had asked the court to take new steps to ratify the testimony of the victim, a 47-year-old woman who reported two different rapes of two men – one of them the actor – suffered in July.