Overview
- While filming in Comillas, Alfonso Ortega says a man came up from behind, grabbed his neck, insulted him, struck his back and threw him to the ground.
- Ortega went to hospital, received a medical 'parte de lesiones' documenting neck injuries, and filed a complaint with the Guardia Civil.
- He has identified the alleged attacker as a local restaurateur tied to a negative review Ortega published three to four years ago, but that identification and motive have not been independently confirmed.
- Ortega says there are witnesses and video footage of part of the incident that he will give to investigators, and that further confrontations followed until his cousin intervened.
- Ortega is a well-known food reviewer with a large social following, and the case highlights safety risks and possible legal and reputational consequences for small hospitality businesses as the Guardia Civil investigates.