Overview
- After six days of hearings, the Supreme Court put the verdict under deliberation on November 13, with Álvaro García Ortiz facing up to six years in prison.
- Public prosecutor María Ángeles Sánchez Conde told the court García Ortiz committed no wrongdoing and formally requested his acquittal.
- The private prosecution for businessman Alberto González Amador sought four years in prison and €300,000 in damages, alleging a politically driven campaign.
- Guardia Civil investigators upheld their accusations based on telephone analyses that are partial because the defendant erased his phone history, which the defense argued was not an attempt to conceal evidence.
- Journalists questioned said García Ortiz was not their source and declined to identify who provided them the exchanges published in March 2024 about plea discussions involving González Amador, partner of Madrid regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso.