Kate Del Castillo and "El Chapo Guzman," her side of the story

One of El Chapo's lawyers contacted her about 2.5 years after she tweeted about El Chapo in 2012 The lawyers told her el Chapo wanted to give her the rights to his life story "Because you’re very brave. Because you’re outspoken. Because you always tell the truth, even when it’s about the government. Because you come from a great family. And because he’s a fan of yours from ‘La Reina del Sur.’" El Chapo signed over his story rights to del Castillo on Jan. 9. 2015, for a project to be co-produced by Argentine producers Fernando Sulichin and Jose Ibanez Del Castillo thought Penn's interest in her story was because he was contemplating working on the film project with her Penn was already in contact with Rolling Stones and had told them about his upcoming meeting with El Chapo Penn had urged her early on in the process to hire a criminal-defense attorney and she has a team now