Spanish actress arrested in Marbella: Goya-nominated star sent to jail for ‘battering shop owner over a bag of peanuts’ – CSN News

Monica Cervera – a Spanish actress who was once nominated for the Goya Award 2005 – has been arrested by police in Marbella after a theft attempt of a bag peanuts.

The 49-year old was arrested over a court order that remained outstanding from a conviction in 2023 for attempted robbery.

Cervera is a former star of the popular TV series La que se avecina The film (The One that Looms), and the book Crimen Ferpecto (The Perfect Crime) has suffered a dramatic fall in popularity.

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She is a In 2021, she was sentenced to eleven months in prison for assaulting a shopkeeper who confronted the woman as she attempted to leave with a peanut bag.

CCTV captured the ex-movie star punching and shoving the owner, causing him to be out of work for a whole week.

Cervera was not present at the trial despite court documents stating that she admitted the events fully during the preliminary investigations. 

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An officer who reviewed security camera footage testified about Cervera, a well-known character in Marbella. Cervera sleeps at the moment on a bench.

The court, which had ordered her arrest after she failed to show for the trial, also fined her €180 for causing injury to the shop owner.