WEBVTT 00:09.320 --> 00:10.320 [Gabrielle] Okay. 00:11.040 --> 00:13.040 [somber piano notes] 00:14.000 --> 00:18.720 It's a beautiful day… [sniffles] …and I'm gonna knit. 00:18.800 --> 00:24.360 And I think I've cried enough. I've cried every day. [chuckles sadly] 00:25.920 --> 00:28.720 I think I've cried every day for the past like… 00:29.920 --> 00:31.160 five weeks. 00:31.639 --> 00:32.879 Just here and there. 00:40.640 --> 00:43.879 I don't know how to express 00:44.879 --> 00:46.559 really how this feels. 00:54.840 --> 00:59.320 But I hope whatever happens and whatever the outcome is… 01:01.760 --> 01:05.160 that I make peace with it soon after 01:05.239 --> 01:09.280 and that I can move forward, doing the things that I wanna do. 01:10.000 --> 01:13.560 And live a very private life where I don't have to… 01:14.720 --> 01:17.280 ever talk about this again. 01:20.840 --> 01:22.880 I hate talking about this. 01:33.920 --> 01:36.600 [church bells tolling] 01:41.399 --> 01:44.560 [beeping] 01:45.199 --> 01:48.680 [woman 1 in Spanish] An alert from the United States embassy. 01:48.759 --> 01:51.759 [man 1] Warning about a sexual predator in Seville. 01:51.839 --> 01:55.559 [woman 2] Advises all travelers to this city to take extra precautions 01:55.640 --> 01:58.199 to avoid contact with this alleged sexual predator… 01:58.280 --> 02:02.360 [man 2] Now to the US, which issued a warning about a tour guide in Seville… 02:02.440 --> 02:04.919 [man 3] According to the US embassy, 02:05.000 --> 02:08.759 its citizens are indeed being warned about the conduct 02:08.840 --> 02:11.400 linked to alleged sexual assaults by this man. 02:11.480 --> 02:14.120 A man from Seville who owns a travel agency. 02:14.200 --> 02:16.200 Its website has all his details. 02:16.280 --> 02:18.120 Including his first and last name. 02:30.600 --> 02:32.320 [Gabrielle in English] When I was going 02:32.400 --> 02:34.440 through the process of trying to spread this, 02:34.519 --> 02:37.760 I started seeing on Facebook there was this new company. 02:39.880 --> 02:42.959 And it had very similar marketing to Discover Excursions. 02:43.040 --> 02:48.080 It had former employees from Discover Excursions working there. 02:50.040 --> 02:53.040 It might be Manuel's company, and so I was like, 02:53.120 --> 02:57.040 "Does he have the gall to open a new…?" 02:57.120 --> 02:59.360 "The same business again?" 03:03.320 --> 03:05.080 So I went to the embassy, and I said, 03:05.160 --> 03:08.239 "Look, I just want this to be on your radar." 03:08.320 --> 03:10.760 "He might be running a new business." 03:10.840 --> 03:13.600 And, you know, there was an alert that was sent, 03:13.679 --> 03:16.480 a warning to the girls, at one point, about him. 03:21.679 --> 03:25.480 [in Spanish] I've done this for 22 years, and I've never seen an embassy, 03:25.560 --> 03:28.840 from the US or another country, issue an alert of this type. 03:28.920 --> 03:30.840 US WARNS OF SEXUAL OFFENDER IN SEVILLE 03:30.920 --> 03:32.880 US WARNS OF TOUR GUIDE ACCUSED OF RAPE 03:32.959 --> 03:35.320 US WARNS OF STUDENT SEXUAL PREDATOR IN SEVILLE 03:35.399 --> 03:37.679 SEXUAL ABUSE - ALERT IN SEVILLE 03:38.480 --> 03:41.280 [Gabrielle in English] I don't remember what it said, 03:41.359 --> 03:44.600 but it was a warning to Americans to basically be careful. 03:54.119 --> 03:57.760 [Fernando in Spanish] Why does the US do this? It was a complex investigation. 03:57.840 --> 04:00.040 The events occurred outside of Spain. 04:00.119 --> 04:02.600 POLICE INVESTIGATE TOURISM ENREPRENEUR RAPE CLAIMS 04:02.679 --> 04:05.280 Spain had no way to substantiate 04:05.359 --> 04:09.679 some of the accusations made against him, which dated back several years. 04:09.760 --> 04:13.160 As a result, this man remained free and continued operating. 04:14.200 --> 04:17.079 [ominous music] 04:17.159 --> 04:18.880 [in English] I wasn't really scared. 04:18.959 --> 04:21.479 This whole time, I haven't really been that scared. 04:21.560 --> 04:23.599 I've just been really angry. 04:23.680 --> 04:25.840 The moment I got scared was when I realized 04:25.920 --> 04:28.880 that I had to write down my statement. 04:34.080 --> 04:37.760 I would say that the embassy tried their best to help us, 04:37.840 --> 04:42.200 but were very aware of letting us know what their limitations were. 04:43.280 --> 04:45.560 They were like, "We've never had a case like this." 04:45.640 --> 04:49.160 And we were like, "Okay, well, can you help us figure it out?" 04:51.640 --> 04:56.400 We didn't know what the fuck to do. How do you file a rape case in Spain? 04:56.479 --> 04:58.280 Who do you even talk to? 05:00.919 --> 05:02.599 All these women are coming to me, 05:02.680 --> 05:06.080 so I can get statements from them. 05:06.160 --> 05:09.080 And then we can pass them along to the public prosecutor. 05:12.120 --> 05:16.280 So I started going to these women, asking them to write down their stories, 05:16.360 --> 05:19.560 answer any questions, go to the embassy, 05:19.640 --> 05:22.960 get questions answered, send that answer to that girl. 05:29.000 --> 05:32.520 Then I would get the form, and I would get it signed from the women. 05:34.640 --> 05:37.880 They would send that over. Then the embassy, "We need it in Spanish." 05:37.960 --> 05:39.960 And I was like, "You motherfuckers." 05:40.039 --> 05:45.960 Okay, let me call my abuela, who is this cute tiny, little Cuban woman. 05:46.039 --> 05:50.200 Translate my rapist's rapes of other women. 05:50.280 --> 05:52.640 Perfect. Thank you so much for your help. 05:54.640 --> 05:57.720 So that was going on for months and months and months. 05:57.800 --> 06:01.240 And that's how the embassy was helping me, but I was doing all the work. 06:15.560 --> 06:18.000 [Zora] It was comforting to hear from another survivor. 06:18.080 --> 06:21.560 And to hear that someone was doing something about it. 06:21.640 --> 06:23.760 I thought, "Not all of us can be ignored." 06:23.840 --> 06:26.599 "With all the evidence of so many experiencing this, 06:26.680 --> 06:29.640 the police would surely do something about it and not ignore it." 06:29.720 --> 06:31.280 You know, it's… 06:31.359 --> 06:33.840 When someone doesn't investigate your case, 06:33.919 --> 06:37.080 it's like telling you that you're not important enough. 06:37.160 --> 06:38.160 [excited scream] 06:44.560 --> 06:46.479 [Zora] It's not fair what happened to me. 06:46.560 --> 06:49.359 I feel bad looking at that 19-year-old girl that I was. 06:50.240 --> 06:52.960 I didn't deserve that. I was so innocent and sweet. 06:53.760 --> 06:54.960 ¡Hola! 06:55.039 --> 06:56.720 I really thought I was gonna die. 06:57.880 --> 07:00.320 [dance music playing] 07:02.000 --> 07:07.280 Manu invited my friends and me out to keep on partying. 07:07.359 --> 07:12.400 And he offered to buy me a drink. And I said, "Okay, yeah, thank you." 07:14.039 --> 07:16.520 [sinister chord] 07:27.120 --> 07:29.960 I drank it, and then… 07:30.039 --> 07:33.880 Yeah. From there, I just started to feel really, really sick. 07:41.400 --> 07:43.000 [music slows down] 07:43.599 --> 07:46.560 [labored breathing] 07:48.359 --> 07:53.280 And then I just started to throw up a lot, while laying down on my side. 07:53.359 --> 07:57.520 I didn't have any control over my body, and so I would just fall down. 07:57.599 --> 08:00.520 And I remember, just… I could not move. 08:03.359 --> 08:06.320 And I remember not even being able to see. 08:06.400 --> 08:09.919 I was so scared. I thought, "I'm going blind." 08:10.719 --> 08:13.120 I remember thinking this is how I was gonna die. 08:13.200 --> 08:15.320 And I was gonna die in that bathroom. 08:18.120 --> 08:21.239 He said to my friends, "You guys go and have more fun." 08:22.400 --> 08:23.679 "I'll take care of Zora." 08:23.760 --> 08:27.840 "I'll bring her back to the apartment, and she'll be fine. It'll be safe." 08:31.919 --> 08:34.559 He just kept on pushing and pushing and pushing, 08:34.640 --> 08:37.360 and telling people to leave me alone with him. 08:44.039 --> 08:49.400 I'm so, so grateful for my friends for, you know, being smart enough. 08:50.079 --> 08:52.440 My friends were like, "No, we stick together." 08:57.240 --> 08:59.280 Thank goodness. 08:59.360 --> 09:01.680 It was so great that they were able to protect me. 09:02.640 --> 09:04.920 [menacing tones rise] 09:12.079 --> 09:14.920 After I was drugged, I thought maybe it was the bartender. 09:15.000 --> 09:16.320 Maybe some stranger at the bar. 09:16.400 --> 09:20.040 I never in a million years would have thought it was Manu. 09:22.680 --> 09:28.079 And it wasn't until a few years after I saw there was a website 09:28.160 --> 09:29.920 I think Gabrielle started. 09:36.680 --> 09:39.199 And when I looked it up, I saw everything. 09:39.280 --> 09:40.959 And then it clicked. 09:45.959 --> 09:50.280 I told Gabrielle that I was happy to do whatever I could do to lock this man up. 09:50.360 --> 09:53.920 Because he is an awful criminal. 09:54.000 --> 09:57.480 And I actually ended up going back to Portugal. 10:05.320 --> 10:06.680 And while I was there, 10:06.760 --> 10:09.959 I filed a police report about being drugged by him. 10:13.600 --> 10:16.520 This is the police report that I filed. 10:17.240 --> 10:18.079 POLICE 10:18.160 --> 10:19.480 THE COMPLAINANT IS THE VICTIM 10:19.560 --> 10:21.240 KNOWN SUSPECT MANUEL BLANCO VELA 10:21.320 --> 10:22.920 CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL FREEDOM 10:23.000 --> 10:27.959 And their response to the case… 10:28.040 --> 10:31.440 It says, "Due to the lack of evidence, I ordered dismissal 10:31.520 --> 10:34.720 of the inquiry under Article 277, 10:34.800 --> 10:38.000 number two, of the criminal procedure code." 10:38.079 --> 10:39.440 So you just… 10:39.520 --> 10:43.640 There's no other way to feel but worthless. 10:44.680 --> 10:46.680 [dog barking] 10:52.680 --> 10:55.520 [Gabrielle] I knew it probably started and ended with me. 10:55.600 --> 10:58.400 If something happened to me, this would've fallen apart. 10:59.680 --> 11:02.079 [Lynn] Gabrielle, a 19-year-old girl, maybe she was 21 11:02.160 --> 11:04.520 when she was trying to actually get him. 11:04.600 --> 11:07.839 And then these girls would then rely on Gabrielle. 11:08.680 --> 11:12.839 That was what was so hard for me, to see these girls relying on Gabrielle 11:12.920 --> 11:14.480 to get justice for them. 11:22.120 --> 11:25.880 [Amanda] I really never wanted to speak about it. 11:25.959 --> 11:30.920 I didn't tell my family or my friends until the possibility of a trial 11:31.000 --> 11:36.079 and legal representation came up. 11:36.880 --> 11:39.880 There's so much at stake, and there's so much that should… 11:39.959 --> 11:42.839 needs to be known about how awful of a person he is, 11:42.920 --> 11:46.640 that it felt like an important opportunity. 11:49.640 --> 11:54.079 I genuinely think people think that I would have been worn down. 11:55.600 --> 11:59.160 But I am so goddamn stubborn. 12:00.400 --> 12:05.040 [Amanda] Gabrielle had a full-time job of being 12:05.120 --> 12:09.959 our therapist and our secretary, and also our legal, um… 12:10.040 --> 12:11.719 like, helper. 12:11.800 --> 12:14.640 And so, she has had to wear all these hats, 12:14.719 --> 12:19.120 while also dealing and coming to terms with her own trauma. 12:26.719 --> 12:28.520 You see my binder I have? 12:30.440 --> 12:33.120 I did the whole fucking investigation. 12:34.160 --> 12:35.520 It's my best fucking work. 12:35.599 --> 12:38.079 Here. Here's your fucking case. Send him to prison. 12:52.920 --> 12:56.480 [Abel in Spanish] Gabrielle Vega contacts me in Spain. 12:56.560 --> 12:58.800 She tells me what happened. 12:58.880 --> 13:02.719 I have no doubt that her story is true. 13:04.400 --> 13:07.680 I explained the legal process to her, the steps we had to take. 13:07.760 --> 13:10.880 And also the complexity of the matter, 13:10.959 --> 13:14.959 given that some of the events had occurred outside Spain. 13:15.440 --> 13:20.440 The territory where they occurred isn't even within the European Union. 13:20.520 --> 13:24.160 There was also the challenge of potential witnesses, 13:24.240 --> 13:26.680 how the events had unfolded… 13:27.199 --> 13:29.719 The complaint was filed in 2018. 13:29.800 --> 13:31.760 It's been seven years. 13:31.839 --> 13:34.839 Why has it taken so long to go to trial? 13:34.920 --> 13:37.160 Look, this was a clear case. 13:37.240 --> 13:39.959 The police reports are there. What are we waiting for? 13:49.560 --> 13:51.560 [somber music playing] 13:56.880 --> 14:02.400 [Lynn] So what are you thinking about? The trial's in another… How many days? 14:03.120 --> 14:04.560 -Thirteen days. -What's today? 14:04.640 --> 14:08.040 -Is it 13 days? -I think so. Or maybe less. 14:08.120 --> 14:09.680 What are you thinking about it? 14:10.719 --> 14:13.000 I'm not. I'm trying to not think about it. 14:13.599 --> 14:17.760 It's like the only thing I could do is just not think about it. I don't know. 14:17.839 --> 14:21.520 Do you think you'd ever be willing to go back to Spain? What do you think? 14:21.599 --> 14:22.959 Mmm. 14:24.040 --> 14:28.360 I don't know. There's been pressure on me going back to Spain for the trial. 14:28.439 --> 14:31.520 -Yeah. I can tell. -I mean, part of me feels like I'll… 14:31.599 --> 14:33.479 Like, if it doesn't go well, 14:33.560 --> 14:36.959 that maybe it would have gone differently if I was in the room. 14:37.040 --> 14:40.000 But I feel like I would have had a mental breakdown. 14:40.079 --> 14:42.120 -Yeah. -If I went to Spain. 14:44.120 --> 14:46.640 I just don't wanna think about it. I'd rather not know. 14:46.719 --> 14:49.079 Even if you told me he's on the other side of the country, 14:49.160 --> 14:51.719 I still don't know if I'd feel comfortable going to Spain. 14:51.800 --> 14:54.240 Only if he's in prison, I would go. 14:54.319 --> 15:00.240 But if he's not, I think I can make peace with not going back there again. 15:00.319 --> 15:03.439 I think you'll feel a big sense of relief when it's over. 15:03.520 --> 15:04.400 Yeah. 15:04.479 --> 15:07.560 Knowing that you've done everything you can do, right? 15:07.640 --> 15:11.280 -I don't know what else I could do. -No, there's nothing else you can do. 15:11.360 --> 15:13.640 -There's nothing else. -Yeah. I don't know. 15:15.199 --> 15:17.640 [unsettling music playing] 15:24.760 --> 15:27.839 [reporter in Spanish] The trial against the Seville tour guide 15:27.920 --> 15:31.040 accused of having raped several American students begins. 15:31.120 --> 15:32.640 He always followed the same pattern. 15:32.719 --> 15:36.400 He took advantage of the fact that they were young girls abroad. 15:36.479 --> 15:40.599 Investigators are convinced this could be a case of a sexual predator 15:40.680 --> 15:44.280 because he may have actually assaulted many other women. 15:44.360 --> 15:45.760 The defendant was a tour guide 15:45.839 --> 15:48.280 and the owner of a travel company in Seville. 15:50.599 --> 15:53.240 This is him entering the National Court this morning, 15:53.319 --> 15:55.560 covering himself with an umbrella. 16:05.680 --> 16:08.560 [tense music playing] 16:10.479 --> 16:14.959 [Abel] That day you find yourself at the end of the process, 16:15.040 --> 16:16.719 yet still always uncertain 16:16.800 --> 16:21.359 as to how the court will finally evaluate the evidence. 16:25.880 --> 16:28.120 [Lynn in English] Part of me wants to see the trial. 16:28.199 --> 16:30.400 Because how can I not see this? 16:30.479 --> 16:33.199 But we're not. We've decided we're not gonna watch it. 16:33.280 --> 16:34.880 It would probably be too difficult. 16:38.400 --> 16:39.719 [in Spanish] Good morning. 16:39.800 --> 16:43.920 Let's begin the hearing. Counsel, please proceed. 16:44.000 --> 16:46.959 [Abel] In addition to Gabrielle, I filed charges 16:47.040 --> 16:49.160 that I have maintained during the trial, 16:49.240 --> 16:52.319 on behalf of two other women who were assaulted. 16:54.599 --> 16:55.439 MAY 2017 16:56.719 --> 16:59.560 SEXUAL ASSAULT 16:59.640 --> 17:03.199 What occurred here were acts of exhibitionism, 17:03.280 --> 17:05.079 touching, and provocation. 17:09.960 --> 17:12.960 [in English] I had asked the women who would wanna go on. 17:13.040 --> 17:15.319 And it was basically me, 17:15.399 --> 17:17.399 and then Hayley and Carly stepped up to that. 17:17.480 --> 17:20.960 [in Spanish] Amanda Gormsen was another one of the victims. 17:26.960 --> 17:30.720 At the time, we supported her complaint. 17:32.000 --> 17:36.880 What the court required from us was a power of attorney for litigation. 17:40.680 --> 17:46.159 Before proceedings began, an appeal for reconsideration was filed 17:46.240 --> 17:49.399 regarding the legal representation of Amanda Gormsen. 17:49.480 --> 17:53.399 However, given that the trial was starting today, 17:53.480 --> 17:58.320 we've already issued an order rejecting the appeal for reconsideration. 17:58.399 --> 18:02.600 And we now inform you accordingly. 18:02.680 --> 18:05.280 [Abel] I filed the appeal, and it was dismissed. 18:05.360 --> 18:09.480 The only thing it would have done is lead to a suspension, a debate, 18:09.560 --> 18:13.760 which, in any case, would have resulted in further delays in the proceedings. 18:16.960 --> 18:20.159 [Amanda in English] It's a failure across a lot of different systems. 18:20.240 --> 18:23.360 I think, even when you try, 18:23.440 --> 18:25.720 you can't actually get anything accomplished, 18:25.800 --> 18:29.280 or get results or closure 18:29.360 --> 18:33.360 because the systems are so confusing and slow, 18:33.440 --> 18:37.080 and, um… unclear. 18:37.159 --> 18:39.480 So even if you attempt, 18:39.560 --> 18:43.360 it feels, like, futile to continue. 18:44.919 --> 18:47.240 [in Spanish] The criminal act doesn't disappear 18:47.320 --> 18:50.560 just because the court has not accepted you as the accuser. 18:50.640 --> 18:52.760 The accusation remains. The act was not erased. 18:52.840 --> 18:54.320 The offense still stands, 18:54.399 --> 18:57.720 and the possibility of filing a complaint continues. 18:57.800 --> 18:59.760 [in English] I'm disappointed a little. 18:59.840 --> 19:03.679 I'm nervous because I had all these women, and now it's just me and 19:03.760 --> 19:07.480 two other women, the original two. 19:07.560 --> 19:11.080 When there were a lot of women who wanted to be part of this case. 19:16.040 --> 19:19.360 [judge in Spanish] It's time for the defendant to testify. 19:19.960 --> 19:23.560 Please sit there in one of these first chairs, 19:23.640 --> 19:26.280 and move the microphone close to you. 19:27.399 --> 19:30.080 [Abel] To encounter a person like this, 19:30.159 --> 19:36.919 with that, shall we say, ease to commit crimes he has had… 19:37.000 --> 19:40.800 We have had cases in Spain of, perhaps, a serial rapist. 19:40.880 --> 19:43.800 But in that case, maybe there were four or five assaults. 19:43.880 --> 19:45.840 Which is already a lot. 19:45.919 --> 19:49.840 But in this case, it goes far beyond that. It is beyond comprehension. 19:50.880 --> 19:52.080 [Manuel clears throat] 19:52.919 --> 19:57.720 [judge] As the defendant in this trial, you have the right not to plead guilty, 19:57.800 --> 20:01.600 not to testify against yourself, or not testify at all. 20:03.760 --> 20:10.320 [Fernando] I'd be really surprised if the case ended in a conviction. 20:11.560 --> 20:14.840 What we have here is one person's testimony 20:14.919 --> 20:16.240 against another's. 20:16.320 --> 20:19.000 Do you wish to answer questions from the prosecutor, 20:19.080 --> 20:20.960 the private prosecution, and the defense? 20:21.040 --> 20:24.360 I have no problem answering the questions of the prosecutor, 20:24.440 --> 20:26.640 my lawyer, and Your Honor, if you wish. 20:26.720 --> 20:29.200 [judge] So you won't answer the private prosecution. 20:29.280 --> 20:30.159 Correct. 20:30.240 --> 20:33.399 That was to be expected, because it is common for the defendant 20:33.480 --> 20:35.919 not to answer opposing counsel's questions. 20:37.040 --> 20:39.840 [interviewer in English] What do you think Manuel will say? 20:39.919 --> 20:42.720 I don't know. Probably he won't say anything that intelligent. 20:42.800 --> 20:44.679 I don't fucking know what he's gonna say. 20:44.760 --> 20:47.600 "It didn't happen." "Never seen this girl in my life." 20:47.679 --> 20:49.200 I don't know what he'll say. 20:49.280 --> 20:53.640 Anything this guy says, it's like, why would I give a fuck? 20:53.720 --> 20:55.600 [in Spanish] The defense. 20:55.679 --> 20:57.440 With your permission, Your Honor. 20:58.640 --> 20:59.480 Manuel. 21:00.080 --> 21:03.560 Regarding the trip to Morocco on November 2, 21:03.640 --> 21:07.919 do you deny having had any kind of relationship with Gabrielle Vega? 21:08.000 --> 21:09.440 No relationship at all. 21:09.520 --> 21:12.040 Can you tell us what happened in that room? 21:13.120 --> 21:17.040 I remember that I went with the three girls. 21:17.120 --> 21:19.880 I saw them upstairs in the café. 21:23.520 --> 21:25.840 There was a café-bar upstairs. 21:25.919 --> 21:29.560 From there, we went to the room and ordered champagne, I think. 21:29.640 --> 21:33.240 I drank a glass, and about one hour later, I left. 21:33.320 --> 21:34.960 That's what happened. 21:35.040 --> 21:38.800 You did not have any sexual interaction with any of the…? 21:38.880 --> 21:40.040 Not at all. 21:41.679 --> 21:43.640 No further questions, Your Honor. 21:43.720 --> 21:47.080 This man was going to keep denying everything, 21:47.159 --> 21:50.480 as he had up to the trial, where he continued denying it. 21:50.560 --> 21:53.919 [judge] Very well. The state prosecutor has the floor. 21:54.000 --> 21:55.280 Good afternoon. 21:55.360 --> 21:58.640 Regarding Gabrielle's account, 21:58.720 --> 22:02.679 apart from denying it, 22:02.760 --> 22:08.560 you stated that you did not recognize Gabrielle's face or name. 22:08.640 --> 22:10.840 Do you maintain that statement? 22:10.919 --> 22:15.480 I learned about this through the Internet, in 20… 22:15.560 --> 22:17.679 [Ana] No. I'm not referring to the events. 22:17.760 --> 22:21.880 I'm referring to what you said about not remembering her face or name, 22:21.960 --> 22:24.960 and that you only saw them on social media. 22:25.040 --> 22:27.240 You had never seen her before? 22:27.320 --> 22:30.080 Through… As a result of the trip. [clears throat] 22:30.159 --> 22:32.120 So you had, in fact, seen her. 22:32.200 --> 22:34.120 Yes, but I… You see, I must've seen… 22:34.200 --> 22:37.000 I probably had seen her, but I didn't remember her 22:37.080 --> 22:38.760 when I saw her on TV saying that. 22:38.840 --> 22:41.320 I know exactly who I've had relationships with, 22:41.399 --> 22:44.120 and I haven't had any type of relationship with that person. 22:45.240 --> 22:48.159 [Abel] I saw him with the conviction 22:48.240 --> 22:50.159 and, excuse the expression, cockiness, 22:50.240 --> 22:52.919 of, "Nothing will happen to me because I did nothing." 22:53.000 --> 22:55.439 But that is completely false because he did. 22:55.520 --> 22:58.560 On trips, you travel with many people. 22:58.640 --> 23:01.600 I can't remember all the faces of the people I meet. 23:01.679 --> 23:05.960 At that time, in 2013, 23:06.040 --> 23:09.640 you were the administrator of Voodoo Travel. 23:09.720 --> 23:13.520 [Manuel] Voodoo Travel was the legal name for tax and accounting purposes. 23:13.600 --> 23:16.679 And Discover Excursions is the commercial name. 23:17.240 --> 23:19.000 [Ana] You started out as an intern? 23:19.080 --> 23:24.800 Yes. I started there in 2010, I think, as an intern. 23:24.880 --> 23:28.399 Then I was an employee. Then the director. 23:28.480 --> 23:31.159 And then they sold me the company. 23:31.240 --> 23:34.960 We updated the website and made changes in the office as well. 23:35.439 --> 23:38.280 [Fernando] The company was almost bankrupt. 23:38.360 --> 23:40.159 Their finances weren't good. 23:40.240 --> 23:45.600 And he turned it around by flooding universities with advertising. 23:45.679 --> 23:49.640 He went to universities all over Spain, and even across Europe, 23:49.720 --> 23:53.520 distributing posters and brochures, 23:53.600 --> 23:55.640 promoting their services 23:55.720 --> 23:58.439 and offering very competitive prices 23:58.520 --> 24:00.120 to get people to book with him. 24:00.880 --> 24:05.600 And when this happened in 2018, the company was doing very well. 24:05.679 --> 24:11.240 We ended up closing in 2018 as a result of these girls' television appearances. 24:11.320 --> 24:14.240 Did you have an unusual relationship 24:14.320 --> 24:18.040 with your clients, taking them to your rooms? 24:18.120 --> 24:19.560 Or how did that work? 24:19.640 --> 24:23.200 I, personally, during the time I worked at that company, 24:23.280 --> 24:28.840 I had some relationships with girls on trips, but it was always consensual. 24:29.600 --> 24:34.600 You also stated that, on many occasions, clients fell asleep in your house 24:34.679 --> 24:36.439 and nothing happened. 24:37.040 --> 24:39.679 Let's see, clients didn't come to my house. 24:39.760 --> 24:41.360 In my personal life, 24:41.439 --> 24:44.439 am I not allowed to get involved with people? Just asking. 24:46.600 --> 24:50.000 Rhetorical question. Please proceed, Prosecutor. 24:51.000 --> 24:52.919 No further questions, Your Honor. 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 You may take a seat in the back. 24:55.080 --> 24:56.120 [Manuel] Thank you. 24:59.640 --> 25:01.520 [Gabrielle in English] It's just funny. 25:02.720 --> 25:06.720 I spent so much of my life working on this, and then to see 25:07.200 --> 25:09.439 him on the stand for 15 minutes, 25:09.520 --> 25:12.840 almost laughing at points, contradicting himself, 25:12.919 --> 25:15.640 lying, saying he's never seen me in his life. 25:17.000 --> 25:21.040 Meanwhile, my whole life was almost destroyed because of it. 25:24.480 --> 25:27.679 [in Spanish] Manuel Blanco maintained the same version of events, 25:27.760 --> 25:30.880 asserting his complete innocence and having done nothing serious. 25:30.960 --> 25:35.800 He has that right to lie, which I oppose. 25:35.880 --> 25:37.159 [man] There he is. 25:38.080 --> 25:39.120 There he is. 25:43.199 --> 25:45.960 -[woman] Think you're going to jail? -[Manuel laughs] 25:46.040 --> 25:47.600 -Are you laughing? -I'm not. 25:47.679 --> 25:49.840 -Anything to say to the victims? -No, sorry. 25:49.919 --> 25:50.960 [woman] Why not? 25:51.040 --> 25:55.480 Tell me. How is it possible that all of their statements are so similar? 25:55.560 --> 25:57.320 -Don't touch me. -[Manuel] Stop. 25:57.399 --> 25:58.800 [woman] I'm just talking to you. 25:58.880 --> 26:03.439 If they don't know each other, how do all their statements match? 26:05.240 --> 26:07.240 [tense music] 26:38.880 --> 26:43.159 [Gabrielle in English] It's still dark here at 7:10 in the morning. 26:43.240 --> 26:47.040 It's a very big day for me. 26:47.120 --> 26:49.520 Everything I've been working for all these years, 26:49.600 --> 26:55.280 to just be able to hold him accountable and say what happened to me. 26:56.520 --> 26:57.760 And… 27:03.679 --> 27:06.280 And to just get my life back. 27:07.199 --> 27:08.199 [sniffles] 27:12.360 --> 27:15.159 So, we'll see what happens. 27:22.840 --> 27:26.720 [in Spanish] It's true that Gabrielle's testimony is very solid, consistent. 27:26.800 --> 27:31.320 But she won't travel to Spain to testify. She'll do it by videoconference. 27:36.520 --> 27:39.439 [Abel] I've always been in favor of doing it in person. 27:39.520 --> 27:40.720 But there was a problem. 27:40.800 --> 27:44.320 It was coming face to face with the aggressor, which is distressing. 27:44.399 --> 27:48.679 What worried her was the fact that he would be nearby. 27:48.760 --> 27:52.960 The possibility of running into him in a hallway or somewhere terrified her. 27:54.080 --> 27:56.040 [woman in English] Morning there in the US. 27:56.120 --> 27:58.520 This is the National High Court speaking. 27:58.600 --> 28:02.480 And the judge would like you to state your full name aloud, please. 28:02.560 --> 28:04.480 Gabrielle Nicole Vega. 28:05.159 --> 28:07.919 [in Spanish] If the victim gives a solid statement, 28:08.000 --> 28:11.960 as in her testimony to NBC, the case could end in a conviction. 28:12.040 --> 28:16.159 But if she doesn't, it will be much more difficult. 28:18.240 --> 28:20.760 -[woman] Do you swear to tell the truth? -Yes. 28:21.560 --> 28:25.120 [judge in Spanish] Respond to the questions from the prosecutor. 28:26.080 --> 28:29.399 [Ana] If it please Your Honor, can you tell the judges 28:29.480 --> 28:35.679 what you remember from the night of November 2, 2013? 28:35.760 --> 28:39.640 [in English] Yeah. So, I had fallen asleep, and at one point, 28:39.720 --> 28:42.480 I don't know how long I was asleep, but I had woken up. 28:42.560 --> 28:45.800 [distorted music pulsating] 28:45.879 --> 28:49.439 No one was in the room, and I was very confused. 28:49.520 --> 28:51.840 But I knew I should go to the bathroom. 28:51.919 --> 28:53.840 So, I opened the bathroom door, 28:53.919 --> 28:58.480 and I saw Nicole, Ashley and Manuel in the shower together. 28:59.080 --> 29:01.199 And so, I closed the door when I saw them. 29:01.280 --> 29:05.240 And the three of them came out of the bathroom. 29:07.360 --> 29:10.679 And I went in to use the toilet. 29:25.720 --> 29:28.679 And so, I sat on the toilet. 29:29.360 --> 29:33.399 And when I was sitting on the toilet, I was facing the door. 29:33.879 --> 29:35.480 And I didn't lock the door. 29:40.040 --> 29:41.480 And, um… 29:42.240 --> 29:43.520 And… 29:44.720 --> 29:48.520 All I remember is Manuel coming in. 29:52.000 --> 29:56.080 And, um, after that, the only thing I remember is him 29:56.159 --> 29:58.919 forcing me to perform oral sex on him. 29:59.000 --> 30:02.679 And then he pushed my head, and I fell this way. 30:02.760 --> 30:08.040 And that was the only thing I remembered until I woke up the next morning. 30:11.520 --> 30:16.199 [in Spanish] Her version of events has always been identical and consistent. 30:16.280 --> 30:20.199 [Ana] Did you have any kind of physical discomfort 30:20.280 --> 30:23.720 at the time you woke up? 30:23.800 --> 30:27.560 [in English] Yes, when I woke up the next morning, 30:27.639 --> 30:31.399 I had pain in my abdomen, my lower abdomen, 30:31.480 --> 30:35.959 and I was extremely sore in my anal region. 30:36.040 --> 30:39.760 And I had bruises on my knees. 30:41.639 --> 30:44.600 [Abel in Spanish] To clarify, when asked by the prosecutor 30:44.679 --> 30:47.639 about where you felt pain, you referred to the anal area, 30:47.720 --> 30:49.840 and then you mentioned the lower abdomen. 30:49.919 --> 30:52.159 Were you referring to the vaginal area? 30:52.240 --> 30:53.159 [in English] Yes. 30:53.240 --> 30:55.800 [Abel in Spanish] I found her forceful, emotional, 30:55.879 --> 30:57.879 because she had to relive the situation. 30:57.959 --> 31:02.000 And Gabrielle, well, I think she was very clear and precise 31:02.080 --> 31:04.600 in her account and informing the court, 31:04.679 --> 31:07.760 not only about how the events unfolded, 31:07.840 --> 31:11.919 but also the emotional weight of that moment and of testifying in court. 31:12.760 --> 31:14.000 [judge] Defense counsel. 31:15.120 --> 31:16.879 [Beatriz] When you returned to Spain, 31:16.959 --> 31:20.919 did you go to a doctor to have the injuries you say you had examined? 31:21.879 --> 31:26.000 [in English] No, I did not go to the doctor, but I had spoken to… 31:26.080 --> 31:29.800 I wanna be clear. I did not know the language. 31:29.879 --> 31:33.000 I did not know how to say the word "rape" in Spanish, 31:33.080 --> 31:34.919 and so I never went. 31:37.520 --> 31:39.040 [in Spanish] No further questions. 31:39.120 --> 31:40.679 [Abel] Good afternoon, Gabrielle. 31:40.760 --> 31:45.480 Have you been affected in your relationships with other men? 31:50.000 --> 31:51.879 [in English] Yes, I have been. 31:52.399 --> 31:56.719 I find it very difficult to have any intimate relationships with men. 31:56.800 --> 32:01.000 I have not been in a real relationship with any man since then. 32:01.080 --> 32:04.360 And I think it directly correlates to this. 32:05.959 --> 32:08.800 [Abel in Spanish] Thank you. No further questions, Your Honor. 32:11.639 --> 32:14.719 [interviewer in English] Now I'm gonna ask you about the future. 32:14.800 --> 32:17.600 -Mm-hmm. -What do you dream of? 32:18.199 --> 32:19.639 What do I dream of? 32:25.199 --> 32:28.120 I get real excited about the idea of just… 32:29.679 --> 32:31.879 Just, like, having a very simple life. 32:38.639 --> 32:41.560 I don't know. I'm getting a dog after the trial. 32:41.639 --> 32:46.240 A little puppy. And it sounds like… just a little thing, but just like… 32:46.320 --> 32:50.159 I'm just excited to just be out in the countryside. 32:50.240 --> 32:53.959 To be outside, to have my dog, to have my friends, 32:54.040 --> 32:56.280 to just, like, go take photographs. 32:58.120 --> 33:03.120 Every day, all day, like, paint. Do the things that I wanna do. 33:06.639 --> 33:10.159 As I think even further into the future, like, 33:10.240 --> 33:12.840 if I meet someone and I fall in love, 33:12.919 --> 33:15.840 and I'm lucky enough to have a baby one day… 33:23.280 --> 33:25.280 [gentle music playing] 33:28.719 --> 33:29.879 [whimpers and sighs] 33:35.280 --> 33:36.240 [sighs] 33:36.320 --> 33:38.679 I just feel like I'll be able to… 33:41.480 --> 33:46.159 know that I did the best I could to make sure the world is a bit safer. 33:55.800 --> 33:58.800 [reporter in Spanish] Big day in the trial against the Seville tour guide 33:58.879 --> 34:01.520 accused of sexually assaulting North American students 34:01.600 --> 34:03.120 on the trips he organized. 34:04.360 --> 34:08.199 [Fernando] We have two witnesses, the two girls who were with Gabrielle Vega 34:08.279 --> 34:11.759 and Manuel Blanco in the Tangier hotel room where the events transpired. 34:23.600 --> 34:24.679 NATIONAL COURT 34:24.760 --> 34:27.080 [woman in English] I have Ashley with me. 34:28.360 --> 34:33.799 [judge in Spanish] All right. I'll give the floor to the prosecutor first. 34:33.880 --> 34:35.080 Good afternoon. 34:35.159 --> 34:37.159 With your permission, Your Honor. 34:37.239 --> 34:40.839 You will testify about what you can remember 34:40.920 --> 34:46.319 from a night during which you shared a hotel room in Tangier 34:46.400 --> 34:48.600 with Gabrielle Vega. 34:48.679 --> 34:50.000 [Ashley in English] Correct. 34:50.080 --> 34:51.719 [in Spanish] And with Nicole as well. 34:52.319 --> 34:54.080 -[Ashley] That is correct. -[Nicole] Yes. 34:56.319 --> 35:00.680 [in Spanish] This testimony could be key, depending on what the two of them say, 35:00.760 --> 35:04.120 in determining whether Manuel Blanco is convicted or acquitted. 35:04.200 --> 35:05.319 Um… 35:06.799 --> 35:10.280 [in English] We were staying in a room together, the three of us. 35:12.240 --> 35:17.120 And the three of us met up that week when we got back to Salamanca. 35:19.799 --> 35:20.920 [animated chatter] 35:27.920 --> 35:31.880 I started asking them about that night. I was just like, "Do you guys remember?" 35:31.960 --> 35:33.000 "Like…" 35:33.839 --> 35:37.520 "He came into the room, and then I don't really remember anything." 35:37.600 --> 35:40.799 And then, before I had mentioned something, 35:40.880 --> 35:43.680 Nicole was like, "I don't remember anything." 35:47.760 --> 35:48.680 And I remember… 35:51.240 --> 35:52.600 asking Ashley. 35:54.680 --> 35:56.760 "I remember he was in the bathroom." 35:57.520 --> 36:00.600 And she told me he was in the bathroom with me for 30 minutes. 36:02.720 --> 36:04.920 And I was like, "Well, I think I was raped." 36:05.640 --> 36:07.080 And it was just, like 36:07.839 --> 36:09.120 silent. 36:10.640 --> 36:15.080 Because I think they realized what had happened. 36:18.600 --> 36:20.799 We never talked about it again after. 36:23.280 --> 36:24.319 Ever. 36:27.360 --> 36:30.200 [Ana in Spanish] What do you remember from that night? 36:30.280 --> 36:34.200 [Nicole in English] I remember we were in Morocco, 36:34.280 --> 36:37.280 and we stayed in the hotel. 36:37.360 --> 36:43.720 And then, the leader of the organization, Manuel, he came up to the room, 36:43.799 --> 36:47.720 and he got champagne for us. 36:47.799 --> 36:53.560 [Ashley] Then we drank the champagne and then hung out in the room with Manuel. 36:53.640 --> 36:59.080 [Ana in Spanish] Do you remember playing any kind of sexual games 36:59.160 --> 37:01.600 with the defendant that night? 37:02.120 --> 37:04.280 [Ashley in English] I do, but not what they were. 37:04.359 --> 37:10.160 [Nicole] I do remember him being flirtatious with the three of us 37:10.240 --> 37:13.160 and asking us some questions. 37:13.240 --> 37:18.520 But I don't remember specifically what was happening at that time. 37:18.600 --> 37:21.080 [Ashley] At that time, Gabby was getting mad at us 37:21.160 --> 37:24.680 because she expressed interest in Manuel. 37:26.160 --> 37:27.640 Nicole and I went to bed, 37:27.720 --> 37:32.080 and the last thing that I remember is she was in the bathroom with Manuel. 37:32.160 --> 37:34.160 [dramatic music playing] 37:34.920 --> 37:40.680 [Ana in Spanish] When you say Manuel and Gabrielle were in the bathroom, 37:40.760 --> 37:44.400 is it because you saw them enter it? 37:44.480 --> 37:49.600 [Nicole in English] I feel like I have a memory of them entering the bathroom. 37:52.799 --> 37:56.520 [Ana in Spanish] Do you remember if Ashley, you, and Manuel 37:56.600 --> 38:00.359 went into the bathroom, and then Gabrielle came in? 38:04.560 --> 38:06.400 [Ashley in English] No. I do not remember that. 38:08.640 --> 38:10.240 [Nicole] No, I don't remember. 38:12.600 --> 38:13.799 [in Spanish] Defense counsel. 38:16.080 --> 38:21.319 [Beatriz] Did you notice injuries on Gabrielle's knees the next morning? 38:23.240 --> 38:25.200 -[Ashley] I don't remember. -[Nicole] No. 38:25.280 --> 38:29.560 [Beatriz in Spanish] When did you hear that Gabrielle said Manuel had raped her? 38:32.640 --> 38:35.400 [Nicole in English] I found out about it years later. 38:35.480 --> 38:38.839 [Ashley] I didn't see her until it was on The Today Show years later. 38:38.920 --> 38:42.080 -[in Spanish] No further questions. -[judge] Thank you. 38:42.160 --> 38:47.560 We've finished with the testimony and can disconnect. 38:49.040 --> 38:51.680 The case is submitted for judgment. You may leave. 38:53.880 --> 38:55.680 [Fernando] These testimonies 38:55.760 --> 39:01.120 partially contradict the account given by the main victim, Gabrielle Vega. 39:01.799 --> 39:04.839 [Abel] Their versions of events contrast with Gabrielle's. 39:05.359 --> 39:08.760 The two girls have not provided any additional witnesses either. 39:08.839 --> 39:13.440 If the court takes into account these witness testimonies, 39:13.520 --> 39:19.760 it may end up benefitting the defendant. 39:19.839 --> 39:22.440 It would be outrageous to me if this man, 39:22.520 --> 39:25.760 and sorry to use this expression, were to get away scot-free. 39:25.839 --> 39:27.799 [discordant music] 39:38.080 --> 39:41.520 [in English] So it's the day after the trial, and, um… 39:42.640 --> 39:46.120 I've been thinking about what Ashley said during the trial, 39:46.600 --> 39:49.240 and how angry she seemed, being there. 39:53.000 --> 39:56.160 I mean, I definitely think she believes I wasn't raped. 39:56.240 --> 39:58.240 I have suffered for years because of that. 39:58.319 --> 40:02.080 I've literally suffered for 11 years because of what happened. 40:02.160 --> 40:05.440 And somebody can walk into a room and say, 40:06.480 --> 40:08.560 "Well, they expressed interest." 40:10.440 --> 40:11.440 And? 40:12.520 --> 40:13.520 And? 40:14.080 --> 40:16.160 The concept of consent 40:17.799 --> 40:19.680 is so clear. 40:20.280 --> 40:22.440 I was completely… 40:24.200 --> 40:25.920 incoherent. 40:26.000 --> 40:28.440 I could not stand on my own. 40:31.200 --> 40:32.920 And I was attacked. 40:40.400 --> 40:42.400 Where is the consent in that? 40:49.400 --> 40:51.480 [Abel in Spanish] After the testimony, 40:52.240 --> 40:54.600 I contacted her. I wrote to her. 40:54.680 --> 40:57.839 I told her how the trial had gone and shared my impressions, 40:57.920 --> 41:00.359 and that we just had to wait for the ruling. 41:00.440 --> 41:03.160 That I was confident it would result in a conviction. 41:03.240 --> 41:08.480 And I also told her that in the event that Manuel Blanco were acquitted, 41:08.560 --> 41:13.200 unless she decided otherwise, my position would be to appeal. 41:13.280 --> 41:16.120 [in English] I don't want to appeal. 41:18.440 --> 41:21.319 Whatever happens, I… I… I can't, um… 41:22.280 --> 41:23.319 keep doing this. 41:23.400 --> 41:27.160 I can do it. I could do it. 41:27.240 --> 41:32.120 I'm capable of it. But I don't wanna do it anymore. 41:35.799 --> 41:39.960 [Lynn] In my heart, I know that she's gonna be the one that takes this guy down. 41:40.040 --> 41:44.120 He's gonna be sorry he ever met her, that he ever saw her name. 41:44.200 --> 41:46.760 I'm sure he already is sorry. 41:46.839 --> 41:48.440 And then I think to myself, 41:48.520 --> 41:50.839 if it doesn't go how we want it to go, 41:50.920 --> 41:55.600 there's gonna be a lot of other girls that see this show we're filming today, 41:55.680 --> 41:58.960 and they're gonna, you know… Exposing him. 41:59.040 --> 42:01.720 There are gonna be victims that we don't know about. 42:01.799 --> 42:07.520 I'm sure some of those girls will be willing to put him through the process. 42:08.000 --> 42:10.760 [Jordan] I want him to be put away. 42:10.839 --> 42:16.799 I want him to be off the streets and no longer a threat to women. 42:16.880 --> 42:19.760 But I also… I want this to be done for her. 42:20.920 --> 42:22.600 She doesn't… 42:23.720 --> 42:24.960 I care deeply about her. 42:25.040 --> 42:27.680 She does not deserve to have to relive this 42:28.359 --> 42:30.120 over and over and over again. 42:30.200 --> 42:32.280 She deserves to be free of it, 42:32.359 --> 42:36.600 and she's not gonna be free until after this trial. 42:38.720 --> 42:42.120 [Amanda] He completely affected how she's able… 42:42.200 --> 42:44.880 how all of us are able to move through the world, 42:44.960 --> 42:46.520 and our mental health. 42:46.600 --> 42:51.040 Yeah, I just hope that there's justice in that regard. 42:51.120 --> 42:53.440 That, um… 42:53.960 --> 42:58.600 he's able to be recognized as a rapist and recognized as a predator. 42:58.680 --> 43:02.880 And that we get some sort of closure in that regard. 43:03.640 --> 43:06.440 I am very cynical 43:06.520 --> 43:11.680 when it comes to women receiving justice for these kinds of crimes. 43:11.760 --> 43:15.200 I hope that it does… it does go somewhere. 43:16.080 --> 43:17.720 [Zora] I think he'll be found guilty. 43:17.799 --> 43:20.440 He should probably spend the rest of his life in prison. 43:21.160 --> 43:24.560 [Sarah T.] I think a lot of women know 43:24.640 --> 43:27.839 that it's incredibly difficult to get convictions. 43:27.920 --> 43:30.600 So I at least hope that this case can bring 43:30.680 --> 43:32.640 more public notoriety to him. 43:32.720 --> 43:34.560 He deserves it. He's a terrible person. 43:36.879 --> 43:39.680 I'm not afraid because I'm telling the truth. 43:39.760 --> 43:43.120 He's the one who should be afraid. And I think that he is. 43:43.200 --> 43:45.200 There are people like this out there. 43:45.280 --> 43:49.799 And it can be so hard to… to really accept that. 43:50.319 --> 43:53.680 Because if you really understood how many monsters are out there… 43:53.760 --> 43:57.120 Oh my God, you wouldn't wanna leave your house. 43:58.040 --> 44:01.440 [Sarah C.] This idea that it doesn't happen in my world, 44:01.520 --> 44:03.600 I think needs to be reconsidered, 44:03.680 --> 44:06.720 because it happens more than we want to acknowledge. 44:07.319 --> 44:10.200 I have to believe that he'll be held responsible 44:10.280 --> 44:15.319 because I think men keep doing this, thinking that they won't be. 44:16.600 --> 44:18.120 Something has to change. 44:18.839 --> 44:20.960 We're here because we aren't afraid of him. 44:21.040 --> 44:23.319 There was nothing special about you. 44:23.400 --> 44:28.120 You were just somebody who chose your victims because we were vulnerable, 44:28.200 --> 44:31.200 and because you thought that we would be quiet about it. 44:31.280 --> 44:32.520 And you were wrong. 44:32.600 --> 44:37.280 I think that he knows that it's like… That this is the end of the story for him. 44:39.359 --> 44:41.359 [dramatic chord] 44:47.760 --> 44:51.080 [video call ringtone] 44:59.240 --> 45:00.200 [Gabrielle] Hi. 45:00.280 --> 45:02.520 Hi. Good morning, Gabrielle. 45:02.600 --> 45:04.000 I have a feeling. 45:04.080 --> 45:06.280 Do you have a feeling? What feeling? 45:06.359 --> 45:07.319 Is it a verdict? 45:08.480 --> 45:10.080 -Yes. -Okay. 45:11.160 --> 45:12.640 He's guilty. 45:21.120 --> 45:23.120 [Gabrielle cries] 45:28.520 --> 45:29.960 Let me call my dad. 45:38.760 --> 45:40.760 [line ringing] 45:44.200 --> 45:45.240 [Lynn] We know! 45:45.319 --> 45:47.040 How do you know? 45:47.120 --> 45:48.400 Ana called us. 45:48.480 --> 45:50.680 [father] Ana was talking to me when you called… 45:50.760 --> 45:54.480 [Lynn] Gabby! It's so amazing! You did it! 45:57.760 --> 45:59.400 Oh my God. 46:01.640 --> 46:03.440 Can you believe it? 46:05.560 --> 46:06.799 No. 46:12.879 --> 46:15.280 -[Lynn] It's so awesome. -I know. 46:16.160 --> 46:17.480 I know. 46:18.160 --> 46:20.760 I literally can't believe it. 46:20.839 --> 46:25.560 [Lynn] I'm in shock. I mean, I wanted to believe it, but I'm in shock. 46:26.280 --> 46:27.600 Me too. 46:30.120 --> 46:33.440 [inspirational music playing] 46:52.720 --> 46:53.760 Okay. 46:57.920 --> 46:59.359 I… 47:00.440 --> 47:06.359 genuinely have no idea how to even begin. 47:06.440 --> 47:08.400 So far, 47:09.600 --> 47:13.319 this, today, February 12, 2025, 47:13.400 --> 47:17.879 is the best day of my life, and I will never forget it. 47:19.560 --> 47:21.960 I'm gonna go move to the countryside. 47:22.440 --> 47:26.760 And I'm gonna buy myself a mule, and I'm gonna name her Gabby. 47:27.640 --> 47:30.600 And every day that I look at that mule, 47:30.680 --> 47:35.480 I'm just gonna be reminded of something that is stubborn and loving 47:35.560 --> 47:37.280 and full of fucking perseverance, 47:37.359 --> 47:40.680 and that you can do whatever the fuck you want in this life, 47:40.760 --> 47:42.680 as long as you are honest and true. 47:42.760 --> 47:45.280 And you can send bad guys to prison. 47:45.359 --> 47:46.480 [laughs] 47:47.200 --> 47:50.160 It's the fucking best feeling in the world, if you ask me. 47:52.879 --> 47:54.879 [music fades] ng best feeling in the world, if you ask me.