Nacho Vidal
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Ignacio Jordà González<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (born 30 December 1973), better known as Nacho Vidal, is a Spanish pornographic actor and director.
Early lifeEdit
Ignacio Jordà González was born in Mataró (Barcelona) in Catalonia. His nickname Nacho is the common nickname for Ignacio.<ref name="interview">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
When he was young, Jordà moved with his family to Valencia, where part of his family originated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to Nacho Vidal, his family was wealthy, had textile factories and extensive real estate assets, but ended up losing their wealth due to 1970s energy crisis, and at 14, he quit school to work and help his family.<ref name="interview"/>
As a teenager, he was in a punk band. He also was a boxer<ref name="interview"/> and enlisted in the Spanish Legion in Melilla.<ref name="interview"/>
CareerEdit
In 1994, Vidal started his porn career doing live sex shows with his girlfriend, Sara Bernat (born 1976),<ref name="interview"/> at the Sala Bagdad in Barcelona. There, he met the director of the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival, José María Ponce, who introduced him to porn films. Vidal became a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, who brought him to Hollywood in 1998.
Vidal has starred in over 1,500 movies; he has also produced and/or directed many others (since 2000, including gay titles for the Evil Angel video company). Although self-stated as heterosexual,<ref name="mundo2"/> he has directed gay porn films.<ref name="oficial">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Vidal has starred in Spanish mainstream movies and TV shows, including the Spanish TV series Los Simuladores<ref name="imdb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Spanish movies Va a ser que nadie es perfecto,<ref name="cuatrosfera"/> El Alquimista Impaciente<ref name="imdb" /> and Impávido.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The 8-part Spanish-language TV series Nacho describes Vidal's life and was released in Spain and Latin America in March 2023, with Vidal being portrayed by Martiño Rivas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Recently Nacho has moved into the director's chair, helming his own shot-in-Europe line called "Killer Pussy". He directs and stars in the flicks, bringing audiences the cream of the crop of current European sex stars. The series has already won accolades, as Nacho's ravenous romp with Czech beauty Helen in Killer Pussy (2000), which garnered an AVN nomination for Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0896380/bio/</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Vidal has stated that he is "open-minded", but is heterosexual in his personal life.<ref name="mundo3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had his first daughter with Venezuelan Rosa Castro Camacho.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 31 May 2005, Vidal announced his retirement from pornography and married Colombian model Franceska Jaimes.<ref name="mundo2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They moved to a mansion previously owned by his family, located in the small town of Enguera, in Valencia, recovering it after his family's financial losses. He and his wife decided to start a family there.<ref name="interview"/><ref name="cuatrosfera">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the couple separated six weeks later, and Vidal returned to porn only a few months after announcing his retirement. They have two children, and divorced in 2015.<ref name="cuatrosfera"/>
In February 2019, a Spanish newspaper stated that Nacho Vidal is HIV-positive.<ref name="elnacional1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later that year, in a 12-minute YouTube video, he clarified that his test was a false positive. He found after visits to a series of doctors that he has reactive arthritis, a highly painful, sometimes chronic or lifelong condition. This inflammatory syndrome is often triggered by a prior, treatable infection which may itself resolve (be healed). In Vidal's case, he explains, it was repeated infections by the STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea contracted during his sex work, each instance having been quickly treated and cured. Because of the disease he cannot work and is seeking disability benefits.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In 2019, Vidal, Jaimes, and their trans-daughter Violeta were portrayed in the documentary Me llamo Violeta.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Legal problemsEdit
On 16 October 2012, Vidal and his sister María José Jordá González were arrested in Barcelona, suspected of involvement in money laundering and tax evasion on behalf of Chinese organized crime.<ref name=tiempo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When Spanish police raided over 100 businesses in Madrid and Barcelona suspected of running money-laundering and tax evasion rackets in connection with the Chinese mob, Vidal and his sister were among the approximately 80 detained.<ref name=XBIZ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hundreds of police were involved in serving "warrants to search 120 properties belonging to those suspected of laundering money from prostitution and extortion."<ref name=AVN>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
While prosecutors sought to hold Vidal in jail during the investigation and subsequent trial, on 19 October 2012, National Court Judge Fernando Andreu accepted the defense's contention that, "Vidal is not a flight risk because he signed a contract to participate in a reality show for the next three months." Upon his no-bail release, Vidal announced, "Thanks to everyone for their support. I've gone without any charge."<ref name=AVN />
Vidal's movie studio Nacho Vidal Productions was implicated in the Spanish National Court-led sting, and charged with counts of flight of capital and tax evasion. The newspaper El País described Vidal as "one of the high[est]-profile suspects arrested" and explained that he was accused along with his sister of helping the ring "by issuing false invoices from his movie production company."<ref name=elpais>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 4 June 2020, Vidal was arrested on manslaughter charges in relation to the death of a fashion photographer, José Luis Abad, in July 2019.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Abad died as a result of inhaling vapors from the venom of a Colorado River toad in Vidal's home in Enguera,<ref name="CNN">Template:Cite news</ref> in a traditional Amazonian ritual in which Vidal is alleged to have acted as shaman.<ref name=":0" /> Vidal was arrested together with two other unnamed individuals, a member of his family and an employee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A different news story says the death was from heart attack; the crime was not promptly calling in medical assistance.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2021, Spanish authorities officially charged Vidal with reckless homicide in the death of Abad following an 11-month investigation. According to court statements, Vidal acted as "the director" of the ritual and had previous experience in taking the toxin. Vidal allegedly supplied the toxin and failed to properly control the amount the victim inhaled during the ceremony.<ref name="CNN" /> The charges were dismissed in 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Awards and nominationsEdit
- 2013 XBIZ Award winner - Best Scene - Gonzo/Non-Feature Release (Nacho Invades America 2 - Nacho Vidal/Evil Angel) with Chanel Preston<ref name=xbizwin2013>XBIZ Award Winners 2013, XBIZ, January, 2013</ref>
- 2012 XBIZ Award winner – Foreign Male Performer of the Year<ref name=xbizwinners2012>XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2012</ref>
- 2012 AVN Hall of Fame inducteeTemplate:Citation needed
- 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner - Best European Male Performer<ref name="hot-dor2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Paul Fishbein, "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards" Template:Webarchive, AVN.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.</ref>
- 2008 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor (Public) and Most Original Sex Scene (The Fashionistas Safado Berlin 1 with Katsuni & Melissa Lauren)<ref name="X Stars aux Ninfa Awards 2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2006 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2004 Ninfa Award winner - Best Transvestite Film (Travestís dominados por Nacho - International film grup)<ref>Template:Usurped</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2004 AVN Award - Best Couples Sex Scene - Video<ref name="j358">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2004 AVN Award - Best Group Sex Scene - Video<ref name="j358"/>
- 2003 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor (Back 2 Evil - International Film Grup)<ref>Template:Usurped</ref>
- 2002 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor (Public)<ref>Template:Usurped</ref>
- 2002 AVN Award - Best Actor (Video)<ref name=AVN02>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- 2002 AVN Award - Male Performer of the Year<ref name=AVN02/>
- 2001 AVN Award - Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2001 AVN Award - Male Foreign Performer of the Year<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2001 XRCO Award - Best Threeway Sex SceneTemplate:Citation needed
- 2001 XRCO Award – Best Male-Female Sex Scene (Xxxtreme Fantasies Of Jewel De'Nyle) with Jewel De'Nyle
- 2001 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor (Face Dance Obsession)<ref>Template:Usurped</ref>
- 2000 AVN Award - Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2000 Ninfa Award winner - Best Sex Scene (Brazilian Butt Fest - International Film Grup) with Cassandra & Jazmine<ref name="archive1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2000 Ninfa Award winner - Best Actor (Buttman's Anal Divas - International Film Grup)<ref name="archive1"/>
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