Overview
- Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra denied Salomé Pradas’s request for verbatim transcripts of her April 11, 2025 statement and her January 12 confrontation with José Manuel Cuenca.
- The ruling holds that the audiovisual files are the official record and the only reliable way to assess tone, pauses, and exact phrasing.
- Pradas’s lawyers had pointed to the court’s recent practice of adding full question‑and‑answer transcripts in other parts of the case to argue unequal treatment.
- The defense cited Article 24 of Spain’s Constitution on effective judicial protection and warned that summary notes can introduce errors and strip out key nuances.
- The court also scheduled new testimony from local officials, including Utiel’s mayor on May 7 and the regional emergencies deputy director again, signaling the investigation continues to gather evidence.