“anxious“. That’s the word to sum up his mood. relatives from the prestigious Valencian fashion designer Francis Montesinos Levante-EMV from the Prensa Ibérica group spoke after his arrest last Monday and was later released with the obligation to appear before a judge for alleged murder. sexual assault a child under 15 years old.
The arrest of the fashion designer, as published by Levante-EMV, is one of those carried out by Civil Guard agents who uncovered an alleged crime. dedicated land extort for men with money to facilitators sexual intercourse with minors save them without your knowledge and then ask them for money so as not to spread the images. In fact, of the six arrests made within the framework of this operation, in addition to that of the fashionista, the other two would correspond to people who were in the same situation as Montesinos, even though they had played a role in the first place. They became victims of a blackmailing network, who later became alleged perpetrators of child abuse. According to the sources consulted, investigations show that those currently being investigated for possible sexual assaults against minors are aware of the age of the men they are staying with.
The whole case went into the public eye after the designer suffered. violent attack at the chalet From the town of Llíria in Valencia. Two hooded men entered the house where Montesinos was with a friend. While the attackers demanded some money, they attacked and tied the tailor. This was the last episode of aggression. a year of threats and blackmail Francis Montesinos was framed, initially demanding half a million euros, but later seeing that the man refused to pay for not spreading footage of the encounter with the minor, the amount was reduced to 10,000 euros. .
Journalist, director and producer Malu Zamora is one of those who lived through this period of blackmail on the front line. Who is still shooting? “he is very affected“He explains to this newspaper.
The relationship between Zamora and Montesinos goes back a few years when this audiovisual recording began. And while that connection was definitely professional, the owner of production company La Quinta de Malu producciones spent so much time shooting together that she was able to experience firsthand the key moments of one of the fashionista’s most difficult stages.
So much so that Montesinos received one of the messages that he was blackmailed on his mobile phone while shooting his feature film. “We had to pick up her phone” because of the impression the fashionista was exposed tosays the producer, explaining that the designer’s appointment with the Civil Guard last Monday morning “was also being considered in our shooting schedule. In principle, he was going to confirm the complaint he made a while ago for extortion, in fact, he was with his lawyer”.
“We knew that unforeseen events could arise regarding this case during filming, we had already discussed this with the shooting lawyers, but at the time of recording we did not believe it would happen” because initially filming was expected to take less time. more than a year, already the two of them go to work Malu insists that “the law should be the same for all” and if everything is shown to be correct, “appropriate measures should be taken“.
6 arrests in this operation
Late last Monday a unexpected scenario return It’s in the case that has affected Montesinos since he went from being a victim to being investigated just months after he was arrested early Monday morning on charges of sexually assaulting a minor.
In total, this operation resulted in the arrests of six people: the little Montesinos (who was arrested a few months ago) who was involved in the extortion, the two attackers at the fashion designer’s chalet, and the other two blackmailed. All were released at the cost of being summoned by the Judge of Court No. 5, Llíria, who was tasked with investigating the case.