Ignacio Allende Fernández (born 1969), better known as Torbe, is a

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actor, director, producer, and businessman in the online porn industry.

Early life

Ignacio Allende Fernández was born on 25 May 1969, in

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, in the Basque region. After finishing school at the Munabe school of

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, he worked as

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in local radio stations. In the early 1990s, he worked as a

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in the

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'' The Legend of the North Wind'', credited as "Nacho Allende." He also published his

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in magazines and comics fanzines. In the summertime, he worked as an

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in various hotels and

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s in the area. Torbe started the internet porn page ''Torbellinesca'' in 1996, creating the Torbe persona, and in 1999 established the

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''putalocura.com'' ("whore madness"), which became highly successful. The site also features performers from

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.Just who is Torbe, Spain’s so-called porn king?
by Pablo Canto, ''

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'', 29 April 2016 He personally participated as an actor in numerous

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s, and in approximately twenty porn films as director and actor. In 2005, Torbe was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category in the AVN competition of the porn industry.

Music

In July 2014, Torbe released a

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titled "Soy un rumano en Madrid" ("I'm a

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") accompanied by a

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. The Federation of Romanian Associations in Europe protested on account of lyrics in the song such as "If I steal your wallet/Or remove all the copper/Don't get angry/I just want to have fun," calling it "

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and

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." They claimed the song and clip encourage the notion that "the community of Romanians in Spain is made up of

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and pickpockets."

Mainstream cinema

Torbe's success in porn led him to be cast in mainstream films. He was featured in Spanish director Santiago Segura's ''Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella'' (2001) and ''Torrente 3: El protector'' (2005). In 2014, Torbe appeared as himself in the

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-directed, 2014 film ''

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'' and collaborated in the set up of some scenes.

Legal issues

In 2006, Torbe was accused of shooting a porn video that featured an

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, 17-year-old girl. Two days later, he was released without being charged. In 2012, Torbe was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison for defrauding callers in a television quiz show.El actor porno Torbe condenado por fraude en un concurso de televisión
Porn actor Torbe convicted for television quiz show fraud" ''

'', 21 February 2012 On 27 April 2016, Torbe was arrested and charged with abusing

girls, selling

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, and engaging in

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.Detenido por abuso de menores Torbe, el ‘rey’ del porno español
("Torbe, King of Spanish porn, arrested for abuse of minors"), ''

'', 27 April 2016 (in Spanish) In June of the same year, the investigation expanded into allegations of

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and forcing young women into

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. He was jailed and then released under parole in November 2016.Spain goalkeeper David de Gea denies forced sex party claim
, BBC News, 10 June 2016
, ''

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'' website, 10 June 2016 The charges of sex trafficking were dismissed in June 2018. The charges of selling underage pornography are still being investigated."La fiscal del caso Torbe sobresee el delito de trata de seres humanos: Las jóvenes vinieron a España sabiendo a lo que venían"
The prosecutor of the Torbe case dismisses the accusation of human trafficking: The young women came to Spain knowing what they were coming to ''

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'', 25 June 2018

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