15 Facts About Frank Cuesta

At a very young age, an injury marred his tennis career, but he kept training with Bollettieri until he asked Frank Cuesta to move to Thailand to open an academy.

Frank Cuesta describes himself as uninterested in interaction with humans, rather preferring to interact with animals.

In 2021, Frank Cuesta purchased a 37-hectare land to set a sanctuary, dedicated to animals that he cannot release to the wild.

The reason is that Frank Cuesta allegedly stressed the animals while recording the show.

In October 2014, a judge in Oviedo declared that Frank Cuesta did not stress any animal during the recordings, thus nullifying the fine.

Frank Cuesta was married to a Thai singer and model known as Yuyee, who was arrested on 9 November 2012 after being caught with five milligrams of cocaine upon her arrival to Thailand from Vietnam.

Frank Cuesta claimed that the arrest was actually a retaliation against his activism against wildlife smuggling.

Frank Cuesta later expressed his desire to contact either the King of Spain Felipe VI or his father, King Emeritus Juan Carlos I, as they were "the only people" able to contact Thailand's royal house to grant a pardon to Yuyee.

Frank Cuesta proposed that Yuyee was arrested in his stead due to the Spanish government's lack of authority over a Thai citizen:.

Frank Cuesta has expressed his anger towards the individual whom he believes is responsible of Yuyee's arrest by threatening to kill his son.

Yuyee was released from prison on 12 November 2020, after a long battle during which Frank Cuesta says they had to endure numerous humiliations.

Frank Cuesta reappeared to the public eye through a video on Frank Cuesta's YouTube channel in December 2020, helping Cuesta with a snake.

Frank Cuesta has caused controversy because of his views on modern activism.

In early 2015, Frank Cuesta revealed that he struggled with cancer in the past.

Frank Cuesta is of Cuban descent through one of his grandfathers.