- Adaia López could face six years in prison
A model who bit her boyfriend’s tongue after he ended their relationship and she asked him for one ‘last kiss’ has been arrested after going on the run.
Adaia Lopez was rumored to have flown to Thailand after disappearing following the horrific attack on her boyfriend in June 2016.
But the 26-year-old beauty was behind bars last night after being located in a squat in the town of Sant Antoni de Calonge, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona.
The police arrested her after receiving an anonymous complaint.
Lopez, who left her victim with speech and taste problems, will be taken to prison after appearing before a judge so she can begin a six-year prison sentence for her violent revenge attack.
Adaia López Esteve has been arrested after ripping out her ex’s tongue in an apartment in Barcelona in June 2016
She reacted angrily after her ex-boyfriend told her he was breaking up with her for the second time.
The Spaniard, described as an aspiring model on an agency’s website where she shows off her tattooed body in lingerie as she rolls around on a bed, went on the run last year.
She was ordered to pay £50,000 compensation and given 15 days to go to prison after being found guilty of injuring her partner, 22 years her senior and identified only by his first name, Aaron, following a lengthy trial. legal.
She became a fugitive by disobeying the court order and not appearing at the prison gates before the 15 days were up.
Adaia, who met her ex on the Internet, defended herself during the trial, saying she had acted in self-defence after suffering domestic violence that included an attempt to drown her.
But she was found guilty of using her teeth as “tweezers” to tear off part of Aaron’s tongue before spitting it onto the ground after begging him for one “last kiss” when he tried to break off their relationship.
Esteve has denied the facts and has instead denounced his ex-lover for domestic abuse. She will be taken to prison after appearing before a judge so she can begin serving a six-year prison sentence for his violent revenge assault.
She went on the run after being accused of biting her ex-boyfriend’s tongue in 2021, but was eventually caught.
He needed professional help to improve his speech problems and is said to have lost his sense of taste and the ability to differentiate between salty and sweet foods.
The lingual attack occurred on June 26, 2016 at a house the former couple shared in Vilanova i Geltrú, near Barcelona, when Aaron was 40 and his then girlfriend just 18.
The damage he suffered has been described as “irreversible”.
The victim’s lawyer, Pepe Rey, claimed last year, after Adaia lost appeals against her conviction and sentence while out on bail, that social media images showed she had been enjoying a holiday in Thailand. .
And he added: ‘Here we have a lady who committed a serious crime, left someone without a tongue and right now she is not where she should be, she is in the hands of justice even though she has a prison sentence hanging over her head.’