Overview

• UCO analysis cites July 2022 emails in which Cristina Álvarez sent Begoña Gómez’s CV to the UCM and provided a Word file with “the questions to ask” for Gómez’s summer-course appearance.
• On July 11, 2022, Álvarez supplied the vicerrector with a contact and a draft pitch to Google’s Miguel Escassi to secure backing for a platform linked to the chair co-directed by Gómez.
• Google informed the court that its sponsorship agreement with the UCM was signed on November 1, 2022, after the outreach described in the emails, and reporting says the funding supported a platform later registered by Gómez.
• The email trove shows Álvarez pursued collaborations with at least 11 entities, including Reale, Fundación Once, Mindway, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, Indra and La Caixa.
• Gómez told the judge the aide relayed messages as a one-off favor, her defense framed the work as agenda coordination, and the judge has identified indications of embezzlement tied to the aide’s involvement.