Overview
- Four defendants admitted to extorting and threatening a 14-year-old in 2021 and were sentenced in the Provincial Court of Palma on February 17.
- One defendant identified as YouTuber Patrón Cortés used Instagram and WhatsApp to harass the boy and took part in in‑person intimidation.
- The group coerced payments of about €2,000 through assaults, a folding knife, and a BB gun, issuing explicit death threats against the victim and his family.
- Reports note mitigating factors for reduced terms, including reparations and procedural delays acknowledged by the court.
- Media accounts differ on the total prison time imposed, with one outlet citing combined terms of about 10.5 years and another reporting 23 years, while the YouTuber is described as receiving a multi‑year sentence.