Overview
- Madrid’s Gender-Violence Court No. 8 inadmitted and archived the filing on January 14, closing the case without opening an investigation.
- The complaint targeted Paco Salazar for alleged workplace sexual harassment and also named Antonio Hernández and Francisco Martín for omission to pursue crimes.
- The judge found no formal complaint from any alleged victim and noted that their identities were not provided.
- The ruling held that Hazte Oír lacks standing and that press reports with anonymous or pseudonymous testimonies do not provide sufficient indicia to initiate criminal proceedings.
- Prosecutors had advised against admitting the case for the same procedural reasons, and the connected omission-to-prosecute claims were rejected as dependent on the unadmitted accusation.