Íñigo Errejón accuses Elisa Mouliaá of filing a “false complaint” and delaying the investigation in bad faith

The defense of former politician Íñigo Errejón has presented an appeal in which he describes the accusation of sexual assault that Elisa Mouliaá has made against him as a “false complaint”, also stating that the actress has delayed the case in a “cheating” way. As anticipated The Sixththe lawyer representing Sumar’s former parliamentary spokesperson has filed a brief before the Provincial Court of Madrid fighting the judge’s decision to put the entire case on hold until Mouliaá’s lawyer overcomes her “temporary incapacity” due to pregnancy.

The Madrid court that took over the investigation after the complaint presented by Mouliaá to the Police summoned both this week to testify, Errejón as the accused. His next decision was to suspend the appearances and, in practice, leave the case on hold. The lawyer defending the actress presented a document explaining that she was in a situation of “temporary incapacity” due to her pregnancy and the magistrate agreed to her claim not to move forward with the proceedings until she returned to work.

Errejón has decided to go directly to the Provincial Court of Madrid to appeal this decision with a letter in which he understands that this maneuver is a “cheating” way to delay the procedure against him and “unfairly prolong his bench sentence.” He adds that Mouliaá could choose “among tens of thousands of lawyers” who could immediately represent his interests in the procedure.

“The bad faith is undoubted and the abuse of rights is indisputable,” adds lawyer Elena Gimbernat, who also states that the former deputy intends to testify “as soon as possible” in court to “expose the reality of the facts.” A reality that, according to Errejón, does not correspond to Mouliaá’s “false complaint.”

The actress and television presenter went to the Police shortly after journalist Cristina Fallarás published various testimonies that denounced sexist attitudes that were attributed to Errejón. The former deputy himself acknowledged part of these facts to his party before leaving all his political responsibilities and resigning. In his complaint, Mouliaá relates that he met Errejón at a party in September 2021 where the former politician touched him variously without his consent.