Overview

• The Audiencia Provincial de Cádiz ratified on June 30 the December 2024 sentence of two years and one month in prison for three separate domestic violence incidents by Diego “El Cigala.”
• The ruling covers six months for a hotel incident in Jerez de la Frontera, eight months for an episode in Palafrugell, and an aggravated eleven months for violence in the presence of his children.
• Judges also imposed 25 days of location monitoring for continuous harassment and barred him for two years from approaching or contacting his ex-partner within 200 meters.
• Murcia, Elche and Gijón had already canceled his scheduled performances in response to the conviction, reflecting a broader institutional refusal to host artists convicted of gender-based violence.
• El Cigala may still file a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court, and the date for his entry into prison remains to be determined by authorities.