Overview
- The Juzgado de Instrucción No. 13 admitted the Comunidad de Madrid’s querella alleging calumnias con publicidad against the PSOE-M spokeswoman.
- Maroto has been called to testify on 11 November at 11:45 local time as part of the investigation.
- In March she said 7,291 elderly residents were “murdered” in Madrid care homes, attributing the deaths to halted hospital transfers under a protocol she criticized.
- She later issued a partial retraction on X stating she did not intend to accuse anyone of murder, which the regional government deemed insufficient after a 10 June conciliation.
- The Ayuso administration has pursued similar complaints against Podemos figures Pablo Fernández and Ione Belarra over statements about care-home management during COVID-19.