Spanish Actor Gabriel Guevara Arrested At Venice Film Festival For Sexual Assault

Spanish actor Gabriel Guevara has been arrested at the Venice Film Festival for sexual assault.

Guevara was in Venice to receive the Filming Italy award.

He had an international arrest warrant against him for a sexual assault that allegedly took place in France. Venice Court of Appeals will later rule if Guevara can be extradited.

In a statement posted on Twitter, the official account for the Venice Film Festival wrote that Guevara’s arrest wasn’t linked to the film festival directly.

🔴 #BiennaleCinema2023 #Venezia80 #LaBiennaleDiVenezia would like to specify that the presence in #Venice of Spanish actor #GabrielGuevara, that some press websites have recently reported as being under arrest, was not linked to any activity or production of the 80th Venice…

— La Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) September 3, 2023

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Guevara is a popular actor in his native Spain. He made his debut on the Spanish adaptation of the Nordic teen series Skam and the Paramount+ series Bose and broke out in the Prime Video series My Fault. Other notable credits by the actor include the series How to Screw it All Up. and You’re Nothing Special.