Overview

• The Public Prosecutor, represented by José Manuel San Baldomero, again asked to archive the case, arguing there are no concrete, evidenced acts of criminal influence and criticizing the judge’s speculative hypotheses.
• Defense teams for Begoña Gómez, her aide Cristina Álvarez, and entrepreneur Juan Carlos Barrabés formally sought dismissal of the proceedings.
• Investigating judge Juan Carlos Peinado kept the main case active and signaled he is channeling it to a Tribunal del Jurado on alleged influence peddling, business corruption, misappropriation linked to TSC software, and professional intrusion.
• The private accuser Hazte Oír requested new measures, including calling Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as a witness and arranging a confrontation between former vice-rector Juan Carlos Doadrio and UCM rector Joaquín Goyache.
• The probe examines Gómez’s role in launching and co-directing UCM’s TSC chair, the use and branding of associated software outside the university, and her ties to Barrabés, whose Red.es contracts are also being reviewed by the European Public Prosecutor.