Sergio Peris-Mencheta responds to criticism for receiving cancer treatment in the United States. He is at the City of Hope Hospital in Los Angeles, and from there he has communicated with his followers a couple of times.

Peris Mencheta, 48, was part of the cast of the famous 90's soap opera After School. As a member of the American Actors Guild (SAG), she has the right to health insurance that covers most of the costs of hospitalization.