A Celebrity Big Brother contestant was arrested just minutes after they were voted off the show on live TV in shocking scenes.

Viewers of the American Spanish-language version of the show, La Casa De Los Famosos All Stars, were in disbelief when they found out runway model, Aleska Genesis, 33, had been met by police on suspicion of being involved in the theft of luxury watches immediately after she left the star-studded house.

She was visibly upset as she was led into a car and driven to a women’s prison in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday. Prosecutors accuse Génesis, 33, and others of involvement in a “gang-related theft” of high-end watches.

Aleska Genesis
Aleska Genesis, 33, was one of the contestants on the Mexican version of Celebrity Big Brother (
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The model was lead away by police after being voted off the show (
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It is not the first time the model has been taken into custody in connection with the case. Génesis was stopped at Mexico City International Airport on 20 January last year. Her name had triggered an alert with immigration officials after landing from Miami, Florida, US.

The police accused her and two other women of stealing three luxury watches from a property in the Mexican capital in October 2022.

The watches were valued at more than 10m MXN (£380,511). The stolen items belonged to Mexican casino chain tycoon, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Borgio.

Earlier in January 2024, an acquaintance reportedly called Borgio out of the blue and alleged that Génesis had tried to sell him the watches in Miami. The model allegedly ended up flogging them to a jewellery store in the city.
Before entering La Casa de los Famosos All Stars, Génesis knew there was a warrant for her arrest (
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Génesis is from Venezuela, and has appeared in music videos for Latin stars, Anuel, Sebastián Yatra, and other famous artists (
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After her arrest last year, Génesis was taken to prison in Mexico City. But she only spent a few hours there, as a judge ordered her release due to insufficient evidence.

Before entering La Casa de los Famosos All Stars, Génesis knew there was a warrant for her arrest. A lawyer helped her obtain a legal safeguard, but it was no longer valid once she was voted out of the house on the All Stars version of the show.

On Monday, she shared a story with her 8.1million Instagram followers from a fellow Venezuelan model named Michell Roxana, who alleges Borgio was trying to "harm and tarnish our image". It read: “Today, I’m revealing the truth: There is no crime, no real evidence against us; just lies fabricated by Francisco Javier Rodríguez Borgio. There’s clear evidence that this is all a set-up by Borgio to harm and tarnish our image.”

Génesis is from Maracaibo, Venezuela, and has appeared in music videos for Latin stars, Anuel, Sebastián Yatra, and other famous artists. She was also once romantically linked to Colombian footie ace, James Rodríguez, but they claimed to be just friends at the time.

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