6 November 2017 (2017-11-06) – 28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)
Me declaro culpable (English: I Plead Guilty) is a Mexican telenovela that premiered on Las Estrellas on 6 November 2017 and ended on 28 January 2018.[2]
Angelique Boyer was initially contemplated to be part of the telenovela, but later it was announced that her exclusivity agreement with Televisa had ended, so Boyer decided to reject the project.[7][8] After Boyer leaves the project it was confirmed that Irina Baeva and Juan Diego Covarrubias would be the young protagonists of the story.[9] On August 15, 2017, People en Español magazine reported that Mayrín Villanueva would star in the telenovela.[10] On August 29, 2017 it was confirmed that Daniela Castro and Juan Soler would be the main characters of the story.[11] Both actors had already starred in a 1996 telenovela titled Cañaveral de pasiones.[11]
Natalia lives the worst nightmare of her life, while escaping from her boyfriend Julián, who drugged her with the intention of abusing her, runs over Paolo, a professional footballer, ending with what he always dreamed of, playing in Europe.
Upon learning that Alba lives unfairly behind bars to fulfill the last will of her husband, Franco agrees to defend her, is convinced to win the case and assures her that very soon she will be released from prison to be with her son again.
After leaving prison, Alba looks for her son to give him the news, he agrees to talk to his mother, but Ingrid has the firm idea of staying with Gabriel and accusing Alba of kidnapping.
Roberta is heartbroken, she feels threatened by the closeness of Alba and Franco, so she suffers a new crisis believing that she is a hindrance and tries to take her own life.
Ingrid has the firm idea of staying with Gabriel and puts a trap on Alba to obtain a restraining order against her and prevent her from approaching her son.
Ingrid follows Alba to her apartment where she sees her say goodbye to Franco and assumes that they are lovers, when she looks for Mauro to tell him what is happening, Roberta finds out.
The marriage of Franco and Roberta over the years has deteriorated and turned into a relationship without love, so he decides to separate from his wife, at least for a while.
Natalia wants to confront what she did, and tell her father, but both Julián and Roberta prevent her, intimidating her with the fact that she will lose Franco's love.
Natalia prepares a romantic dinner for Paolo where she finally accepts the special thing that he is, because he has everything that she has always dreamed and can no longer hide that she is in love.
Roberta plans an intimate encounter between Alba and Franco, but Alba believes that it was him who provoked everything with the intention of taking her to bed.
Ingrid poisons Gabriel's mind by telling him that his dad had a chance to save his life, but Alba decided to take his life without thinking about them.
Roberta looks for Paolo to tell him that Natalia returned with Julian and offers him money in exchange for him completely leaving her life, Paolo rejects the proposal and refuses to believe that his relationship with Natalia ended.
Katia does not give up, she is willing to fight to recover Paolo's love and asks him to give her a new opportunity to show her that she will never leave again.
For Franco, Roberta is capable of everything and threatens to kill Alba by believing that she wants to destroy her family. Franco prevents the murder and promises Roberta that they will be given a new opportunity to save their marriage.
After attacking Alba with the intention of killing her, Roberta is admitted to the psychiatric clinic and to prevent Franco from leaving her, makes him believe that she is pregnant.
Ingrid arrives at the psychiatric clinic to visit Roberta and discovers that she has just killed Luciana, to prevent them from blaming Mauro's daughter for the crime, they causes a fire.
Julián breaks up with Natalia and now that she is free, she decides to look for Paolo to ask her to forgive her and give her another chance, despite feeling afraid, Paolo accepts to try again.
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"Roberta no acepta la relación de Natalia y Paolo"
Natalia is sure of the love she feels for Paolo, but Roberta does not accept that relationship and tortures her saying that she has no future with Paolo and is only condemning her life.
Alba learns that Gabriel is in danger and seeks him to take him to live with her, they discover that Ingrid put his life in danger by drugging him to prevent them from fixing their problems.
Titian does not forgive that Roberta has married Franco and his love is still alive despite the years, so he agrees to see her for an intimate encounter.
Paolo calls Natalia to give her the news that he recovered his wheelchair, she arrives at his apartment and decides to stay with him to show him that her love has no limits.
Mauro wants to formally introduce Ingrid to his family, he is convinced that she is the woman he needs and for that he organizes a dinner at home, but Roberta ruins the meeting.
Roberta looks for Titian to sleep with him and follow her plans to get pregnant, but he confesses that he is sterile, despite knowing that he used it so that Franco does not abandon her, proposes that she divorce and return with him.
Roberta accuses Mauro of being responsible for the death of her mother, blinded by the hatred tries to kill him, but Franco and Alba prevent her from committing a new crime.
Roberta surprises Alba in Franco's arms and tries to take her own life before seeing them together, but before she asks Franco to choose who he prefers.
Katia asks Natalia to confess that she was the one who ran over Paolo, warns her that she will find the evidence that will blame her and will enjoy it when they put her in jail.
Roberta knows that Katia is a threat to Natalia's freedom, forcing Julian to meet her in a hotel and when Roberta is about to kill her, Julian prevents it.
Natalia makes the decision to seek Franco to confess his crime, but seeing that Paolo is there, decides to talk to the two, but Julian arrives to avoid once again that Natalia pleads guilty.
Katia is ready for anything as long as Natalia surrenders to the authorities and once and for all confesses her crime, so she follows her and tries to overwhelm her with her car so that she feels for a moment what Paolo lived.
Tiziano learns that Alba and Franco planned a trip to the beach and makes them have a bad time, because he uses his influences to deny them lodging and they are forced to return to the City.
Roberta gets Natalia to think that Franco was able to beat her and thanks to her intrigues, she manages to make the relationship between father and daughter come to an end.
Roberta tells Tiziano that Franco is looking for her to lock her in jail, because she was the one who ran over Paolo, so she paid a man to be blamed and pay for her crime but they are about to discover the truth, Tiziano assures her that he will help her.
Titian would do anything for Roberta, and demonstrates it by killing the man who allegedly confessed against her, everything went perfectly, because they make believe that Rufino Santos could not stand the guilt and committed suicide in his cell.
After a new suicide attempt by Roberta, Julian tries to get her out of the car to avoid being hit by the train, but he is trapped and seriously injured.
Alba is the worst enemy of Roberta and after learning that she is the daughter of Mauro, she agrees to join forces with Ingrid to destroy her and make her pay for everything she has done to them.
Franco decides to intern Roberta in the psychiatric hospital, after a new suicide attempt, her life and that of others is in danger. Roberta resists and asks Tiziano for help, but he can not do anything and convinces her to cooperate.
Julian pretends to be on the verge of dying to have Natalia in his hands, with Roberta's help he manipulates his feelings so that she decides to fulfill his last will and marry him.
Mauro fulfills Roberta's order and convinces Franco not to continue defending Alba as they are sentimentally involved and Tiziano could use the information to win the trial.
Franco prevents Natalia from making a mistake, convinces her that marrying Julián out of gratitude is not the right thing because she really loves Paolo.
After learning that Natalia did not get married, Paolo agrees to give her a new opportunity because he believes that she really is repentant and loves him.
Natalia no longer wants to continue lying and decides to confess that she destroyed the life of the man she loves the most, but Franco receives the video from Ingrid in which Alba confesses that Natalia ran over Paolo.
Natalia keeps her word and calls the police to surrender. In the middle of the scandal, the daughter of the prestigious lawyer Franco Urzúa is arrested and taken by authorities.
Roberta wished to see Alba suffer and she got it with the help of Tiziano, who ordered Gabriel to be kidnapped, when he found out that he was sick, he preferred to get rid of him and ordered that he be killed, but thanks to an operation, Alba's son was freed.
The day of the hearing of Alba arrived, a new witness compromises her freedom, but thanks to the defense of Franco and Gael, Ingrid becomes suspicious of causing the death of Javier.
Franco signs the divorce petition, now it is Roberta's turn and Tiziano is responsible for forcing her to sign, otherwise she will give the order to kill Franco at that moment.
Alba manages to recover from the attack suffered in the prison and Franco is in charge of informing her that the judge gave the order to face her legal process in freedom, but when leaving, she finds out that Gabriel fled from Mauro's house.
Julian shows Franco the video that shows that Roberta killed the only witness to Paolo's accident. Franco looks for Roberta with the intention of making her pay for her crime.
Paolo is sure that the son that Natalia expects is his, but he will not allow him to grow up in prison and will fight to stay with him to form a family with Katia.
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"Franco está decidido a recuperar el amor de Roberta"
Franco can not remember anything of the last year of his life, while talking with Gael about the possibility of recovering Roberta's love, Alba listens to him and ends up with a broken heart.
"Alba y Franco tienen la oportunidad de amar otra vez"
Julián asks Natalia to marry him to prevent Paolo from taking her son, and she accepts the proposal. Paolo also wants to continue with his plans and marries Katia. Ingrid pleads guilty to causing the death of Javier, Roberta ends her life and there is no impediment for Alba and Franco to live their love with their children. Gabriel regains health thanks to Natalia, who lives happily with Paolo's forgiveness, the great love of her life.
Ratings
Viewership and ratings per season of Me declaro culpable
