Overview

• The Supreme Court rejected Saül Gordillo’s appeal and confirmed a one-year prison term plus two years of supervised release for sexually assaulting a journalist at a staff Christmas event in December 2022.
• Judges found that Gordillo’s unsolicited touching of the victim’s buttocks and vaginal area at Barcelona’s Sala Apolo constituted sexual assault.
• The court ruled that the victim’s dancing did not imply consent and dismissed the defense’s claim of mutual seduction.
• Gordillo’s legal team is studying a potential appeal to the Constitutional Court.
• He also faces a second trial for allegedly assaulting another staff member from the same night, with prosecutors seeking four years in prison and six years of supervised release.