A few minutes before the trial began this Tuesday, Mar, former editor of ‘El Principal’, who denounced her then boss, Saul Gordillofor sexually assaulting her during the company dinner in December 2022, has decided to break her silence and come forward. «I have not done anything wrong and shame has to change sides», he pointed to the doors of the City of Justice in Barcelona. She asks for four years in prison for the former director of Catalunya Ràdio, while the Prosecutor’s Office requests a fine of 9,000 euros.
The Public Ministry considers that while both were at the Apolo nightclub, along with other digital employees, Gordillo acted with “the desire to satisfy his libidinous mood.”», taking advantage of the fact that the editor «had been at her side for quite some time» to put «her left hand under the leg of the shorts on her left leg», «reaching her hand to the woman’s genital area, also keeping it for brief moments, after which he removed it, continuing the celebration among those present for at least twelve more minutes, until the accused left the group.
The journalist maintains that he is innocent, while the complainant stressed this Tuesday that “It is the truth that has brought us here» -in reference to the holding of the trial-. During her statement to the media, she also thanked all those who have accompanied her during these two years. “I trust in justice and that the truth will win.”
The events date back to December 2022, after the company dinner of the team of the aforementioned newspaper, when, already in a nightclub, according to the accusation documents, Gordillo would have touched his then subordinate. After this first complaint, another editor formalized a second one, also for sexual assaultthe same morning.
It was around 4:32 a.m. when, according to the indictment, Gordillo He offered to take the editor to his home in Badalona, since he was passing through to return to his home. “When they were both inside his vehicle,” in an area close to the girl’s house, he “performed oral sex on her, without introducing any type of bodily member, to which she ordered him to stop.” in his attitude, deposing in this» him.
Relationships that, Gordillo emphasizes, were consensual. Despite this, and the fact that the order does not state that the journalist forced himself on the editor, the judge understands that “from what has been done it is clear that the facts to which these proceedings refer constitute a crime.” The Prosecutor’s Office requests for him four years in prison in this second cause.
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