Trump supporters revived reports that Machado drove a getaway car for her then-boyfriend during a 1998 murder attempt in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Old claims that she later made a threatening call to a judge in the case have also been circulating.
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Machado conceded that she was “no saint girl” but said that was not the point. “He was really aggressive. He was really rude. He was a bad person with me,” she said of Trump.
So what really happened?
Machado did act in a racy 2005 reality show broadcast on Spain’s Antena 3 TV network, scenes from which have gone viral on YouTube. The show, titled “Farm of the Famous,” is said to have shown Machado having sex with a former Mr. Spain, Fernando Acaso.
Although neither Machado nor Acaso appeared nude in the show, Machado later admitted in various interviews that she had sex with the Spanish actor during filming.
The accusation that she was an accomplice to an attempted murder stems from her involvement with Juan Rodriguez Reggetti, now a well-known Caracas attorney.
According to media reports at the time, the controversy began after Regetti’s sister, eight months pregnant and the mother of an 11-month-old boy, committed suicide.
Reggetti is alleged to have fired two shots at his sister’s husband, Francisco Sbert Moukso, as he was leaving a memorial service.
During the subsequent police investigation, Machado was mentioned as having driven the getaway car. She denied the accusation, saying she was filming a soap opera at the time. A judge later said there was insufficient evidence to arrest her.
The beauty queen also denied having made the threatening call to the judge, and since it came down to her word against his, the allegation went nowhere…
Machado posed twice for Playboy magazine, mockingly dedicating an appearance to Trump.
She is also said to have had a romance with an alleged Mexican drug trafficker, Gerardo Alvarez Vazquez, who goes by the alias “El Indio” or “El Chayan.” Mexican tabloids, citing prosecutors’ investigations, reported that Vazquez is the father of Machado’s daughter, who was born in Miami in 2008.
