User:Water54321/La Veneno

Prison term[edit]
In April 2003, Cristina was implicated in a case of arson and insurance fraud, and she was reported to the police by her then-boyfriend Andrea Petruzzelli. She was accused of intentionally setting fire to her flat in order to claim the insurance money. Found guilty, she was sentenced to three years in prison at the Centro Penitenciario Madrid VI in Aranjuez. She was sent to an all-male prison as she hadn't changed her name to Cristina nor her gender in her identity papers. She claimed that her parents didn't even know that she had entered prison until she called them after being sent to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital due to health issues in 2004.

'''In 2014, she reportedly served eight additional months in prison after being mistaken by police for another suspect. Her second term was served in a female prison.'''

Media coverage[edit]
On 10 May 2013, La Veneno appeared on Sálvame Deluxe on Telecinco to tease her upcoming memoir Ni puta, ni santa (Las memorias de La Veneno) ('Neither a whore nor a saint: the memories of La Veneno '), which was delayed until 2016. In August, she revealed that her ex-boyfriend had fled with all her savings, over 60,000 euros, and she was living on just €300 per month in benefits. In 2014, she was sent back to prison, this time a female prison, for eight months.

On 3 October 2016, she released a memoir titled ''¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno'' co-written by journalist Valeria Vegas. '''Shortly after its release, fans of La Veneno flocked to the Safari Disco Club in Barcelona for a presentation of the book. The memoir was also quick to sell out after its release.'''

Death[edit]
On 5 November 2016, Cristina was found semi-conscious in her house, covered with bruises on her head, legs, and feet, and with a deep wound to the head, which caused a traumatic brain injury. She was found there by her boyfriend, and there were bloodstains in her bathroom. According to her relatives, La Veneno’s injuries resulted from taking a fall in her bathtub. She was taken by ambulance to the Hospital Universitario La Paz late that night, where she was placed in an induced coma as a preventative measure. Additionally, she was suffering from severe cerebral edema, which causes swelling of the brain, and had to be sent into emergency surgery to operate on her skull and prevent further brain damage. She remained in intensive care. Cristina died four days later on 9 November 2016 after suffering from multiple organ failure. She apparently had taken a very large dose of Xanax tablets and alcohol. A second post mortem reached the same verdict, but the coroner reported that Cristina had fallen down the stairs rather than in her bathtub. [citation needed]

While she was hospitalised in the intensive care unit, people close to La Veneno speculated that the incident was not accidental, because she received death threats after the publication of her autobiography, which talked about affairs she had with powerful people. Her ashes were scattered half in the Parque del Oeste, and half in her hometown of Adra.

In April 2019, a plaque was unveiled to honour her in the Parque del Oeste. A week later, the plaque was stolen. Fans turned the site of the stolen plague into a shrine made up of letters and photos to honor La Veneno's legacy. In October 2020, the City Council of Madrid announced that the plaque would be replaced after many popular petitions were submitted, '''and they did so on December 4 of that same year. The plague can be found between Francisco y Jacinto Alcántara Street and Paseo de Camoens by the fountain of architect Juan de Villanueva.'''

In popular culture[edit]
"The 2020 TV series Veneno is based on the 2016 book ¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa: Las memorias de La Veneno (I Say! Not a Whore, Not a Saint: The Memories of La Veneno), and tells the story of La Veneno's life. The airing of the show received positive feedback in Spain, and is considered to be influential in provoking conversation and reflection about the realities and experiences of trans individuals.

'''The Spanish government shared positive feedback about the series after its airing. Spain's Ministry of Equality made a statement about the importance of remembering La Veneno and sharing her story so others do not experience the same events, according to the director of Sexual Diversity and LGBTI Rights, Boti G. Rodrigo. The vice president, Pablo Iglesias, also shared his appreciation for the show on twitter after watching the first season.'''

The series is available to be streamed on Atresplayer, which saw almost a 50% increase in subscribers after fan flocked to the platform to watch the story of La Veneno.

In March 2021, she was the theme of a tribute runway in a first season episode of Drag Race España. Later the same year, she was impersonated by Icesis Couture in the "Snatch Game" episode of the second season of Canada's Drag Race."