Overview

• The Valencia Provincial Court issued its verdict on June 11, finding insufficient evidence to convict the teacher of sexual assault.
• The allegations dated to the 2022-2023 school year and involved two 15-year-old students who reported improper touches in a special mathematics class and during a museum trip.
• Prosecutors and the plaintiffs had each sought a 10-year prison term for the teacher on separate counts of sexual assault of a minor.
• The court noted that the only evidence was the victims’ testimonies, which lacked any objective data or corroboration from classmates or staff.
• The judges invoked the in dubio pro reo principle and found the teacher’s categorical denial sufficiently convincing to justify acquittal.