Ava Vidal, 41, is a comedian she has appeared on TV many times in the UK. Her daughter Shaquelle Karla Iris, 22, died on the 7th April 2018.

Ava has accused another comedian, John Gordillo of grooming her then underage daughter. She also claims that John is fighting her claim for her own daughter’s body.

It hasn’t been revealed how her daughter died.

On the 10th April 2018 John Gordillo posted this on his facebook:

“My beautiful daughter and beloved friend died on Saturday.

There are no words. I loved her with all my heart.

Please don’t leave thinking of you’s and standard condolences below. My little girl would roll her eyes and we would both take the piss. Just think of her or write me privately. She would approve of that.

Kelly Gordillo

Shaquelle Karla Iris Belgrave Gordillo.

Known to all who loved her as Kel or Kelly.

24.08.1994 – 07.04.2018”



On facebook Karla Louis-Marie asks, “Sorry John do you mean Shaquelle Karla Iris Vidal???”

John responded with, “I will clarify further: Sometimes she was a Belgrave, Sometimes a Gordillo because these were the families that nurtured her and with whom she identified in her later life.”

A relative of Ava’s by the name of Rae Vidal states on facebook, “for further clarification she despised being called Shaquelle and would refuse to respond to it. At first I didn’t understand what the big deal was but I got sick of being ignored .”

On the 1st May John posted this picture changing the caption 4 times:



– May 1 at 8:39pm

– May 1 at 9:27pm

“August 2010. Washington Square Park, a Sunday. 7pm”

– May 1 at 9:29pm

“August 2010. Washington Square Park, early evening on a Sunday.”

– May 6 at 9:11am

“It’s me. The real me. I’m back with my beautiful Kel.

Thanks to those who reported what happened to Facebook. The police are on it and I’ll pursue this any way that’s available. Some of the things that have happened since she died are terribly sad and disturbing. I maybe will write about it once we have laid her to rest.

This is me and the girl I was proud to call my daughter in August 2010. Washington Square Park. It was a Sunday around 7 at night. I remember it vividly.”

It appears allegedly, that John and Ava dated when Shaquelle was about 11 or 12 years old. The relationship ended. Ava noticed that John had an unhealthy attachment and obsession to her daughter. She contacted the police, tried to file restraining orders, it got to be too much.

When Shaquelle was 15, Ava sent her daughter to Bardados to get away from John to live with her mother, Shaquelle’s grandmother. John flew to Barbados and allegedly paid Ava’s ex-boyfriend, Shaquelle’s father and Ava’s mother Shaquelle’s grandmother and plied them with gifts. John was able to win their trust and Shaquelle started living and traveling with John.

John started to call Shaquelle his daughter. And alleges that Shaquelle preferred to be called Kelly with the changing surnames of Belgrave and Gordillo.

What happened when Shaquelle was ‘kidnapped’ and or went willingly as a child with John is unclear. We don’t know if Ava had any contact with her daughter during this period, if they were estranged or if Shaquelle was brainwashed. We also don’t know why or if Shaquelle didn’t like or changed her name.

John’s wife is estranged from him due to his unnatural relationship with Shaquelle, she is divorcing him due to his obsession with Shaquelle.

Then Shaquelle died. Her mother was notified rightfully so as the next of kin.

Reading Ava’s tweets is sickening. Something isn’t right.

I’ve posted Ava’s tweets below, there are quite a few, if this story is true. Obviously Ava is grieving heavily and her heart is broken.