2022---florence-cassez--what-happened-to-her-ex-companion-israel-vallarta- Apr 2026

While remained incarcerated for most of 2022, his legal saga reached a historic turning point when he was finally acquitted and released from prison on August 1, 2025 , after spending nearly 20 years behind bars without a formal sentence. The Turning Point: 2022 and Beyond

In 2022, public interest in Vallarta’s case was reignited by the release of the Netflix documentary series A Kidnapping Scandal: The Florence Cassez Affair . The series exposed deep-seated irregularities, including the fact that his 2005 arrest with French citizen was a "staged raid" choreographed for live television. While remained incarcerated for most of 2022, his

On July 31, 2025, a federal judge in the State of Mexico issued an , ruling that the evidence presented by the prosecution did not support the kidnapping and organized crime charges. Watch A Kidnapping Scandal: The Florence Cassez Affair On July 31, 2025, a federal judge in