Alba Carrillo has announced that she will undertake urgent legal actions after the latest events related to her departure from El sótano club. The presenter has resorted to her social media to explain that she does not intend to resolve the conflict publicly and has decided to take it to court. "The first thing I'm going to do is defend myself," she affirmed, before warning that what happened is much more serious than what is known so far. "You have no idea of all the things that have happened," she assured, without going into details about the specific events she is referring to.
In her statements, Carrillo has pointed to possible crimes linked to data protection, disclosure of secrets, and dissemination of private documents. "I'm going to defend myself where I have to defend myself, which is with justice," she insisted, making it clear that her intention is to resort to legal action. She also announced that she was already contacting her lawyer to initiate urgent measures. For the moment, the communicator has not publicly detailed what information would have been disseminated, who would be involved, or if a complaint has already been filed. Therefore, these are accusations made by her, whose eventual responsibility must be determined through the corresponding channels.
The announcement comes after Carrillo's abrupt departure from El sótano club, the TEN show she had been presenting since April. Last Thursday, October 15, the Madrid native left the set in the middle of the broadcast and visibly emotional, on a day when she also confirmed her incorporation into La Séptima, the new DTT channel that will begin broadcasting on November 5. Although it was initially planned that she would combine both projects, she finally decided to focus on her new program, Fuera de control, which she will host alongside Marta Márquez. The situation became complicated when TEN canceled Friday's broadcast, which was supposed to serve as the presenter's farewell. The team assured that they had planned to bid her farewell with a bouquet of flowers and that they would explain what happened this Monday.
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Alba Carrillo tomará medidas legales HOY MISMO tras toda la polémica con #ElSótano19O
“Un problema de revelación de secretos y datos. Se acabó el sentimentalismo” pic.twitter.com/Blmm1EFZax
The controversy has also splashed Marta Riesco, collaborator of El sótano club, with whom Carrillo has assured she does not want to maintain any type of relationship. The presenter explained that her discomfort was related, among other issues, to the treatment that, in her opinion, Riesco would have given to people close to her, including Rocío Carrasco. The confrontation became public when Carrillo confirmed that she had blocked the journalist on social media and expressed her disappointment with her. Riesco responded by flatly denying the accusations: "Nothing of what Alba has said is true, nothing," she wrote, also assuring that she felt "very sad and disappointed." The controversy extended to the rest of the program's team, with public interventions from other collaborators who questioned some of Carrillo's statements or defended Riesco.
In this context of opposing versions, Carrillo has hardened her stance and has made it clear that she does not intend to turn the page without defending herself. "I am not going to have sentimentalism or a shred of sensitivity with people who have not had it with me," she affirmed. For the moment, the presenter has not clarified whether the announced legal actions are directly related to her confrontation with Riesco or with other events that occurred during her time on the program. Although she has alluded to possible crimes related to data protection and the revelation of secrets, she has not publicly identified the alleged perpetrators nor has she detailed what specific facts she intends to report, as her intentions are to resolve these issues through justice.