A porn director wanted for extradition to Colombia on charges of using children in his films has claimed the girls showed fake documents to prove they were of legal age.
In an extradition hearing, defense lawyers for Pablo Lapiedra told a Spanish court the director never thought he was committing a crime and had always acted in an “open and transparent manner.”
Investigators in the case have claimed it was Lapiedra himself who provided the girls with false identification documents.
Lapiedra is fighting extradition to Colombia, where he could face 8-12 years in prison, on the grounds that he is a Spanish citizen and therefore exempt under the terms of the two countries extradition treaty.
Prosecutors argued that the case meets the terms of the treaty and Lapiedra should be judged in the country where the alleged crimes took place.
Spanish police arrested the director on in Spain in March this year following an Interpol investigation.
He is accused of using minors in a porn movie filmed in Medellin.
Lapiedra’s estranged wife, Lupe Fuentes, is also wanted on charges of child pornography and forgery.
