Judge Adolfo Carretero, head of the case in which former parliamentary spokesperson for Sumar Íñigo Errejón is accused of sexual assault, appeared on television this Friday to defend your work after a media storm caused by the leak of his complete interrogations of the accused and the complainant, the actress Elisa Mouiliaá.
Carretero has assured that he had to ask about “all aspects of the statement.” «I’m sorry if anyone was offended, but that wasn’t even my goal. nor my intention,” the man explained in the program ‘Espejo Público’ on Antena 3.
Asked about the differences in tone in the questions and the tone in the interrogations of the accused and the complainant, the judge explained that “those under investigation have the right to lie or not testify, while the complainants must respond and the extremes of his complaint. “It is a complaint of sexual assault, if the terms are harsh, I am very sorry”he clarified.
«What is the rudeness? The tone of voice or my questions? “Are tits and asses offensive terms?” asked the magistrate. «All the questions I ask are related to the facts, they ask that because in the complaint they are asked for something, they ask about the penis in case a major crime has to be charged against the person being investigated. I complied exactly with what the Supreme Court dictates for these statements», he alleged.
«It is not a theater for all of Spain to see»
Carretero wanted to influence what for him is the problem of this issue. «We make statements for the parties, not to create a theater that all of Spain sees. When everyone sees it, everyone gives their opinion and feels upset, but because they don’t understand how these things work,” he explained.
«I knew it could leak, but I didn’t think that the complete video would be available in 24 hourswhich is a crime that pays up to 60,000 euros,” he stated. «I have no evidence about who it was, because if I had it, I would report it, but I do have suspicions and I have asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate. The leak certainly harms me, who is the most harmed by the proceedings, and the parties,” he said.
The judge has insisted on television that “neither the lawyers present nor the Prosecutor filed complaints and everything is for a criminal leak». Likewise, he has claimed that the Judiciary will have to review its complaints system, due to the flood of complaints (900 in 24 hours) that has caused a procedure to be opened.
“It amazes me that it is a scandal to say boob”
«It amazes me that it is a scandal that I use a breast or an ass, but given what I have seen, I will not use them again and I will say buttock and breasts. People ask that Justice speak like the people, but it seems that is not the case,” Carretero reflected.
«I can be the object of criticism, like any judge, but you cannot accept things that I have read in these days that I have read that I am a sadist who dedicates myself to torturing and I reserve the right to take judicial measures», he announced.
However, he has flatly rejected accusations of machismo. “Sexist? For asking questions? I don’t consider myself sexist at all. I admire all women and in my life I have disrespected a woman, much less in a statement. And even less in a statement of sexual assault, where I have to ask about these questions,” he defended himself.
«Questioning a statement or a complaint is not an attack, it is seeking truthfulness. This media lynching that I am enduring is very difficult to endure.the judge concluded in his interview.
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