Telecinco television presenter, has been called to give a statement to Court Number 43 in Madrid over how her programme team treated Santiago del Valle’s wife, Isabel García, and obtained a live interview during which she confessed that her husband had killed the Huelva five year old

Ana Rosa Quintana, the top Telecinco television presenter, has been called to give a statement to Court Number 43 in Madrid over how her programme team treated Santiago del Valle’s wife, Isabel García, and obtained a live interview during which she confessed that her husband had killed the Huelva five year old, Mari Luz Cortés.

She has been called before Judge Coro Cillán on Friday at a time when she should be hosting her live programme, and reports indicate that for that reasons she is trying to get the date changed.

A statement from the presenter’s production company, Cuarzo, said ‘From the first moment we have offered to collaborate with the judiciary. We took Isabel García to make a statement to the police and that is why the case has opened. Now as part of the procedures we have been called and we will go as soon as possible’.

The programme team took Isabel García from Sevilla to Madrid and broadcast the live interview on February 25. There has been criticism in some parts, alleging pressure put on her by the programme producers. Ana Rosa Quintana has commented that the confession was produced ‘freely and voluntarily’ and described the interview as ‘the news that any journalist would like to give given’.