Noelia Castillo's interview before euthanasia fuels spread of false claims about her life

Key Points:

• Noelia Castillo, left paraplegic after a 2022 suicide attempt, appeared on Antena 3’s ‘Y ahora Sonsoles’ shortly before receiving euthanasia, sharing her story and reasons for requesting assisted dying, which sparked widespread social media debate.
• Claims of a multiple sexual assault by unaccompanied foreign minors during her time under Generalitat social services have been refuted by medical and administrative records, which show no such incidents in the residential centres she stayed in from 2015 to 2019.
• Noelia recounted three separate assaults or attempted abuses in her interview, including incidents involving a romantic partner and events in nightclubs, with the last assault occurring days before her suicide attempt that caused her paraplegia.
• Contrary to social media assertions that her euthanasia was granted solely due to depression, official documentation states the decision was based on the irreversible physical consequences of her paraplegia, severe dependency, and chronic suffering, with psychiatric evaluations confirming her decision-making capacity.
• Medical reports confirm Noelia’s paraplegia is permanent and irreversible, with significant functional limitations including neuropathic pain, sensory impairment, and incontinence, despite her ability to perform some assisted activities, validating the severity of her condition leading to the euthanasia authorization.