What Cristina Ordovás, Bárbara Rey's 'spy' and close friend of the Emeritus, is hiding

Bárbara Rey has returned to the spotlight after remaining silent for a year. As she confessed to Elcierredigital.com, "I've had a very complicated and very tough year" in which "I've cried a lot".

Last Monday, the vedette broke her silence in a television special called "Bárbara Rey: Mi verdad". An interview in which she provided more details about her relationship with Juan Carlos I and confirmed the blackmail she carried out for years. This extortion was carried out by Bárbara Rey using sensitive material collected during the intimate encounters she had with Juan Carlos I.

This material was precisely the key piece of an operation orchestrated by CESID (now CNI).The goal was to recover the arsenal of photographs and audio recordings Rey kept in her villa in Boadilla del Monte.

In 1997, the vedette publicly reported that she had suffered a robbery at her home. It happened during a night when Bárbara Rey attended an awards ceremony with her former friend Cristina Ordovás, Countess Ruiz de Castilla.

Some sources close to the countess told Elcierredigital.com that "Cristina Ordovás is a dangerous person". Our newspaper has tried to contact Cristina Ordovás to learn her version of events, without success.

What these sources have confirmed is that currently "Cristina Ordovás has chosen to live far from the media noise".

What connection did Bárbara Rey and Cristina Ordovás have? Who really is the Countess Ruiz de Castilla?

The Connection Between Countess Ruiz de Castilla and Bárbara Rey

To understand the connection between Cristina Ordovás, Countess Ruiz de Castilla, and Bárbara Rey, one must go back to 1996.

Six years had passed since Rey resumed her relationship with Juan Carlos I and that year Cristina Ordovás reappeared in Bárbara's life. However, the reason for this reappearance is unknown.

As Elcierredigital.com has confirmed, "the Countess Ruiz de Castilla was part of the most intimate circle of Juan Carlos I. She kept a close connection with Felipe VI's father that may have gone beyond friendship".

Meanwhile, Countess Ruiz de Castilla also kept a very close relationship with the former CESID (now CNI).

Countess Ruiz de Castilla became a key figure in Bárbara Rey's life. She was also one of her confidantes. Both forged a great friendship.

Especially from 1996 to 1997. That year, Bárbara Rey publicly confessed that she had been the victim of a robbery at her villa in Boadilla del Monte. Sensitive material had been stolen from her.

The vedette revealed that "she was scared". She confessed that "in addition to the robbery at her home, she was receiving death threats from very important people".

Bárbara Rey not only spoke to various television programs about the robbery she had suffered. She also gave an interview to the magazine Lecturas. The vedette sent a statement confirming that "she was being persecuted by the Secret Services".

At that time, CESID had a top priority: to recover the material the vedette had recorded of her private encounters with Juan Carlos I.

What role did Countess Ruiz de Castilla play in this episode?

The Role of Cristina Ordovás in the Robbery Suffered by Bárbara Rey

In May and June 1997, Bárbara Rey went to the Tetuán Police Station (Madrid) three times.

Bárbara Rey reported to the police that "she had suffered a theft of personal documents in her own home". In addition to "three cassette tapes, five video tapes, and twenty slides". What is behind the robbery the vedette suffered at her villa in Boadilla?

On the night of the robbery, Bárbara Rey had attended the Bombín Awards ceremony with Cristina Ordovás, held at the Casino de Torrelodones (Madrid). These awards are organized by veteran journalist and host of Caliente y Frío, Álvaro Luis.

The vedette's attendance at the event was, in principle, a strategy by the countess herself.   To distract Bárbara Rey, who was receiving the aforementioned award several miles (kilómetros) from her home. This way, the secret services could act with impunity and relative calm inside her house in search of the desired material.

What Bárbara Rey did not know was that Countess Ruiz de Castilla frequently visited number 3 of the Castellana, the former government presidency building.  This was precisely where CESID had its first headquarters.

After the events, and apparently playing her double game, the countess recommended that the woman from Totana contact police officer Miguel Ángel Díez. The same officer who investigated the unclaimed letter bomb that seriously injured her husband, Juan Goyeneche Moreno, in 1992.

The countess was also   responsible for introducing certain lawyers to the vedette to advise her given the seriousness of the case.

As the months went by, Bárbara Rey not only reported the "theft of compromising material" that "involved a high-ranking state official". She also accused the countess of being the "CNI's informant and accomplice".

Of having stolen the keys to her home and of having set a trap so that CESID could access her house. Thus, steal that material so vital for Juan Carlos I.

Logically, that friendship ended. For the woman from Totana, Countess Ruiz de Castilla would forever be the "CNI spy". What is Cristina Ordovás hiding? What is her story?

The Story of Cristina Ordovás, Countess Ruiz de Castilla

Cristina Ordovás Gómez Jordana has an aristocratic past. As Elcierredigital.com has learned, she prefers to keep a low profile with the media.

Her surname is not linked to social media. However, according to reports, she may have family ties to the "all-powerful" influencer and businesswoman Paula Ordovás.

The Countess of Ruiz de Castilla was the daughter of Manuel Ordovás González and María Adelaida Gómez-Jordana Huelin. Her father presided over the famous Burgos Court Martial in 1970 for the death of Melitón Manzanas at the hands of ETA. In addition to Cristina, the couple welcomed four more children.

In 1999, the military man died at his home in Madrid at the age of 85 years (años). Three years later, his wife died at the same age. As a member of an aristocratic family and military tradition, the countess received a traditional education.

She married the aristocrat, equestrian, and lawyer Juan Goyeneche Moreno, VI Count of Ruiz de Castilla, with whom she had three children. Juan, who currently holds the title, Alfonso, who lives far from the media noise in Miami, and María, a figure linked to the arts.

It is worth noting that María was the name of the Countess of Barcelona, mother of Juan Carlos I and who, together with Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona, acted as godparents at her wedding to Juan Goyeneche Moreno.

A Marriage Marked by Scandal

The marriage was one of the most prominent in aristocratic circles and linked to royalty. Juan Goyeneche Moreno kept an excellent relationship with Juan Carlos I. In fact, it was through him that his wife established a relationship with Juan Carlos I.

The marriage was also marked by tragedy and scandal. In 1992, Juan Goyeneche was seriously injured by a letter bomb sent to his home. He lost partial vision in both eyes and a leg.

Although they always believed ETA was responsible, the police ruled out the terrorist group being behind the attack. The facts were never clarified. The lawyer eventually died in 2006.

Years later, the countess was involved in a scandal that was much talked about in the art world. In 2019, she was accused of appropriating a painting by Anton Van Dyck. She had requested that it be moved from the Ansorena gallery in Madrid to her home for examination.

The countess intended to buy it, but she never paid the 165,000 euros it cost. She also did not return it, despite being asked to do so several times since 2015.

The title of the work is "Anna Sofía, Countess of Carnarvon". At that time, the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid requested a four-year prison sentence for the countess. Also, compensation of 165,000 euros for the owners of the work in question.

According to the latest news, the painting still has not been returned. Before the judge, the countess stated that "she had been the victim of a fraudulent deal". She also declared herself "foolish and trusting".

In 2021, the Supreme Court, which rejected the countess's appeal, confirmed the sentence. Since then, the countess has disappeared from the public eye. Today, she has returned to the media spotlight, after her former friend Bárbara Rey decided to "tell her truth".