El Secreto de Selena spoilers for Sunday, September 6th have María Celeste Arrarás (Sofía Lama) facing tragedy, Selena Quintanilla (Maya Zapata) learning some hard truths about her “friend”, and the trial begins. There’s also conflicting versions of the fateful meeting, as well as lots of allegations against Abraham Quintanilla (Jorge Zárate). If you missed it, let’s get to your El Secreto de Selena recap.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: The trial
The trial begins today, as both sides present their opening arguments. The State obviously intends to prove that Yolanda Saldívar (Damayanti Quintanar) purposefully killed Selena, while the Defense plans to prove that this was a tragic mistake brought on by pressure on Yolanda. As the courtroom action plays out, we see two versions of the events.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: Version #1
There are a couple of seemingly conflicting accounts of what happened that day. In one, Selena is accusing Yolanda of betraying them and trying to blame others for her mistakes. Yolanda swears that people are just trying to poison Selena against her.
Selena accuses her of being a bad friend, and Yolanda argues that she gave up everything to help her. When Selena tries to give back the famous ring, Yolanda says it’s hers. As Selena tries to leave, Yolanda pulls out a gun and shoots her.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: Version #2
The second version of events, by the defense, has Selena arguing with Yolanda about the papers she still hasn’t given back. Selena grabs a briefcase and empties it to find them, coming across a gun. Selena ran for the door, and Yolanda grabs the gun, putting it to her own head. She says she wants to die if Selena goes.
Selena stops and tries to reason with her. When Selena goes to close the door so they can talk quietly, Yolanda ends up accidently firing the weapon.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: Accusations
There are a bunch of accusations flying in court as well. In particular, by the Defense. They accuse Abraham of threatening and harassing Yolanda, as he did not approve of the friendship between her and Selena. They claim that she was spied on at home and attacked once on a trip to Monterrey, all in an attempt to get rid of Yolanda. They think he did this because he didn’t approve of Yolanda helping Selena get into a business that would take time away from her music. They say Abraham was living through his children and reaping huge rewards for their work.
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On the other side of it, Chris gets on the stands to talk about his elopement with Selena and the boutique business. Yolanda had a lot of power in that role and after the theft allegations, Selena had removed her from the accounts. We see flashbacks of Selena complaining about having enough of Yolanda’s stalling. She wants to call Yolanda back after seeing some of the needed papers were missing, but Chris Pérez (Daniel Elbitar) talks her out of it. That’s when Selena is paged by Yolanda. She’s convinced that Yolanda must have known that all the documents weren’t there and is trying to make excuses, and he tells her to go ahead and answer.
Yolanda had claimed she was attacked, and Chris drove Selena to the hotel. Yolanda, seeing Chris was there, once again fails to deliver and Selena leaves the hotel safely.
During his testimony, he talks about Selena getting a phone call the next morning and leaving. He was only half awake and had barely registered what she said before leaving.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: Abraham’s side
Abraham gets on the stand to talk about getting those phone calls from Yolanda about setting up the fan club. He denies they were to profit off of the venture, as the money was going to charity. He says that they’d found documents proving she was stealing.
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He is asked about whether he made threats, but Abraham denies doing anything but threatening to call the police.
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: No sense
This is where things make no sense. Yolanda apparently showed up the next day to bring the missing papers. A receptionist refuses to let her in to talk to anyone, but Yolanda insists on getting in. They argue a moment, which brings Abraham out. He wants to know what Yolanda is doing there, as she’s not allowed in the building anymore. Yolanda tries to explain that she brought the paperwork they discussed, which will prove her innocence, but Abraham just throws them back at her and orders her gone. Yolanda gathers the documents up and leave, without Abraham doing anything to stop her. This is so beyond weird. Either there is some bad writing happening, or something funky going on. Why wouldn’t he want to go ahead and take the papers if they needed them so much?
El Secreto de Selena spoilers: Tragedy strikes
Maria Celeste (María Celeste) faces a horrible tragedy after the trial is done and her book is well underway. You might remember from past episodes that she was expecting a child during the time she was working on the project. Today, she begins bleeding and is in a panic. She calls Manny (Moisés Arizmendi) and assures him that she will be able to get herself to the hospital.
When they have been arrived and tests have been done, they find that her child stopped developing two weeks ago. There is nothing that can be done to save the baby, and Maria Celeste must undergo a D&C for her own safety.
Later, the devastated couple is mourning their loss at home. Maria feels a new kinship with the Quintanilla family, as she is hurting so badly. She can’t imagine what it must be like for the family to lose an adult child. She muses that maybe she had to go through this to better understand them.