Magaly Medina She is the most controversial host on Peruvian television today. Although at the beginning she was not so well known, little by little she became popular thanks to her ampays of the entertainment characters. However, there was a time when she withdrew from the cameras after going to jail for a defamation lawsuit filed by the footballer. Paolo Guerrero.
Although today the journalist maintains an irreverent style, her time behind bars marked a before and after in ‘chollywood‘. In addition, he also confessed that this was the most difficult moment in his life, as he spent important dates without his loved ones. Next, we tell you all the details about Magaly’s stay in Santa Monica.
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Why did Magaly Medina go to prison?
At the end of 2007, the television presenter published some images of Paolo Guerrero with the model Fiorella Chirichigno, where he pointed out that both had been together a day before the match between Peru and Brazil, presumably escaping from the concentration that Bicolor had to meet with her in the early hours of the morning. However, the ‘predator’ denied this information.
“Everyone knows how my behavior is. I think I’m a calm and correct guy, and I don’t do any of those things. What Magaly has been able to speak has left me indignant. The photos that she has shown are false. What he has commented is nonsense, because at what point am I going to leave on a Saturday at 2:00 am when I had the game with Brazil ”, the footballer declared at that time to the media.
Although Guerrero sent notarial letters to the driver, she did not take it very seriously and even ripped one of the documents where he asked him to rectify himself in the middle of the live program.
“Look… to do like this with this. Look, gentlemen”, she said as she undid the paper.
In 2008, the selected one sued Magaly Medina because he had accused him of leaving his concentration in the early hours of the morning to meet the model, for which he had allegedly committed an act of indiscipline. According to the player, he did not make any mistakes, since he had returned at 8:00 pm and not at 11:00 pm as Alfredo Zambrano’s wife said today.
“I lost the trial because according to the justice of my country I could not prove that it was 11 at night. He said that he had returned to his concentration at 8:00 pm and with the permission of the technician, “Magaly told a foreign media.
Magaly Medina corrects herself live on her show
After Guerrero’s notarized letter was torn up, Magaly’s problems increased and she had to publicly rectify herself so that the judge would not sentence her. However, that was not enough, because she later went to prison.
“I categorically correct myself and point out the falsity of the aggravating news that affected the honor of the complainant, pointing out that the aforementioned photos in which Paolo Guerrero appears accompanied by Fiorella correspond to Friday, November 6, 2007 at 8:00 pm and not to the time the news spread. Consequently, the professional player of the national team did not escape from the concentration as stated, noting the lightness with which the information spread about the conduct of Paolo Guerrero was obtained, without verifying its veracity with elements suitable”, expressed ‘La Urraca’.
Magaly Medina and her stay in jail
On October 16, 2008, Magaly was sentenced to five months in effective prison and was transferred to the Santa Mónica prison, after losing the defamation lawsuit filed by the soccer player. Her producer at the time, Ney Guerrero, was also sentenced to three months in prison for the same case.
The TV presenter, finally, only spent two and a half months of the five that were imposed on her, as her lawyers filed an amparo action. In this way, on December 31, 2008, she and Ney regained their freedoms.
In 2020, the journalist returned to remember this hard time of her life, considering it “the worst Christmas of her life”.
“I decided to prepare everything as if I were going to spend Christmas with them. That order of departure never came, so that day I gave three cucumbers for Christmas. At 6 pm, the door closed and my parole paper did not arrive. For me, the day was over. It was a very hard Christmas, you imagine that your parents in your house are suffering, because they don’t have their daughter at the table, my son was going through an existential crisis, he didn’t want to celebrate Christmas, I had to convince him that he had to celebrate for his grandparents, for their uncles and for their nephews, ”confessed Magaly on her YouTube channel.
What did Magaly Medina say years after leaving prison?
In 2018, ten years later, the popular “Urraca” recalled that “tragic” episode on Twitter. She revealed that there is an unknown story of her trial with Paolo Guerrero, but one day it will be made public.
“A day like today 10 years ago, a controversial sentence sent me to prison along with my producer Ney Guerrero. One day the whole story will be known. For me, jail was the heavy price I paid for telling the truth,” he wrote.
He then added: “You cannot be sent to jail for your opinions or for reporting. That violates the constitution and our rule of law.”
Magaly Medina on Paolo Guerrero: “His mother sent me to jail”
Several years have passed since Magaly Medina She was locked up behind bars and away from the screens for a few months, however, every time there is an opportunity she remembers that hard moment in her life and career. In 2019, she said on the RPP Noticias program “En Escena”, that apparently her imprisonment was because Paolo’s mother, Mrs. Petronila Gonzalesinsisted on that event.
“I think that fundamentally he (Paolo Guerrero) did not send me to jail, but it was his mother. I think he did what his mother wanted because I think the mother was more offended than he was, “said Magaly Medina.
Magaly and her saddest Christmas
Magaly Medina She said that her saddest Christmas was spent in the women’s prison in Chorrillos, Santa Monica, because she did not have her loved ones with her.
“I once had to spend a night, the saddest of my life so far, in which I spent it alone and away from everyone because I was in prison,” said the driver.
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