Ylenia Padilla was, a few years ago, one of the most popular characters on the small screen. After her time at Gandía Shore, the young woman from Benidorm made the leap to Mediaset, participating in the edition of Big Brother VIP that Belén Esteban finally won.
After this television experience, Padilla stayed at Telecinco as a collaborator and participated in other programs such as Gran Hermano Dúo or, Viva la vida or Sálvame. However, a couple of years ago she decided to retire from public life and live a ‘quieter’ life.
This morning, bombshell news has rescued the woman from Alicante from media oblivion. As Public media has published exclusively, Ylenia Padilla faces a harsh trial in which she is accused of a crime against the dignity of the person due to her sexual identity. In this case, the complainant is the well-known comedian Elsa Ruiz, who worked for a long time on the program Todo es Mentira.
Judge Arturo Zamarriego, head of the Court of Instruction 9 of Madrid, will seat Padilla in the dock for a series of comments he made in 2020 against the gender identity of Ruiz, who is a renowned human rights activist. of LGTBI people, especially the trans community.
The alleged crime against the dignity of the person due to their sexual identity is included in article 510 of the Spanish Penal Code. As stated in the code, this crime is punishable by a prison sentence of between one and four years. In this case, the Cybercrime Prosecutor’s Office has requested one year and nine months of deprivation of liberty for the Benidorm Prosecutor’s Office.
The aforementioned media has echoed the comedian’s request, who requests a total of six years in prison for Ylenia for the alleged crime against dignity, but also for the psychological injuries she suffers derived from said episode. In addition, the former Cuatro collaborator also requests compensation of 60,000 euros and a restraining order of one thousand meters.
The accusation includes in its complaint a series of insults towards the entire LGTBI community and, especially, towards Elsa, among which are: ”Trash”, ”Is that a woman?”, ”Shitty riffraff” ”, ”Sect”, ”Drug addicts”, ”Murderers”, ”Degenerates”, ”I mean Elso”, ”To me, you are a man. Maromo!”, ”Nature took its toll on you and you were born with a fucking dick”, etc. In addition, Padilla even threatened Ruiz: ”Let’s see if they’re going to bust you… my friends… okay?”