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The decision of the Madrid Court ordered to return the amounts they donated, but refused to give them more financial compensation
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Several affected had claimed an extra 100,000 euros for “the anguish, humiliation and public derision” they suffered when the deception was discovered
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Paco Sanz fooled for years 14,429 people telling them that he was going to die of a rare disease called Cowden syndrome and that he needed your help and your money to continue living. Some of his victims were actors and television presenters, from Jose Mota even the ‘Big Brother’, Pedro Garcia Aguado. After reaching an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Sanz was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud and to return the money that all the complainants donated but several of those celebrities have now appealed the sentence before the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid. They demand that, in addition, the trickster compensate them for the “moral damages” who have suffered with deception, something that the Provincial Court rejected completely.
Pedro Garcia Aguado, known for his ‘Big Brother’ show, gave 750 euros to help Paco Sanz heal. Y another 150 euros more through the association that bears the name of the presenter. Discovered the scam, he demanded that, in addition to returning the donations, he paid 41,200 euros for “moral damages” that he had suffered from being deceived. Other celebrities who believed in Paco Sanz claimed money for the same concept. José Mota asked for 6,000 euros (he had given him 3,000 euros), actor David Fernández Batanero, who participates in ‘Acacias 38’, 12,500 euros more (donated 250 euros) Y comedian Santi Rodríguez claimed 7,720 euros in addition to recover the 3,000 euros that he had lost in the organization of a charity gala. The famous people claimed up to 100,000 euros for these moral damages, but the Madrid Court ordered only to return their donations and refused to give them a single euro in that regard.
TV shows
Several of these deluded celebrities now insist on demanding more money. They have presented a appeal to the Supreme Court of Madrid in which they claim to have suffered psychological damage because when they were scammed they suffered “Anguish, unease and ultimately a distrust of a basic principle of society such as solidarity, which is and must be compensated”.
The recourse of these actors and presenters understands that they suffered “humiliation and public derision ” when it was announced that they had been victims of Paco Sanz in television programs such as’Ana Rosa’s program ‘and’ Saturday Deluxe ‘, from Telecinco, and ‘The morning of TVE 1 ‘. That is why they request that they be compensated, although they no longer claim the total of almost 100,000 euros, but “the amount determined by the Court”.
Loss of profit
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These same celebrities request in their appeal to also receive compensation for the “lost profit”; that is, the money they stopped earning for dedicating time and effort to help Paco Sanz. In this case, for example, the former ‘Big Brother’ Pedro García Aguado requested 20,000 euros more in this regard, something that was also rejected by the Madrid Court.
The appeal also includes the request that Sanz not only return what he swindled to the people who reported him, as established in the sentence, but to all those who gave money to his cause, a total of 264.780,41 euros, according to the investigations, although they have not resorted to justice.
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