The playwright, screenwriter and stage director Ramón Paso, grandson of the playwright Alfonso Paso and great-grandson of the writer Enrique Jardiel Poncela, has been denounced by the Madrid Prosecutor's Office as the author of several crimes of sexual assault allegedly committed against women between 18 and 25 years, who have reported that the events occurred between 2018 and 2023. According to the lawyer Luisa Estévez Martínez, who represents 14 women who have filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office, the public ministry has sent the proceedings to the dean of the investigative courts of Madrid, waiting for the distribution to be carried out.
According to Estévez, the Prosecutor's Office includes in its complaint several crimes of sexual assault, which were sometimes perpetrated continuously, as well as crimes of sexual harassment and harassment, against moral integrity and coercion.
The Prosecutor's Office opened preliminary proceedings in November 2023 and took statements from the complainants, who have confirmed the facts. According to Estévez's version, most of the complainants, although not all, were victims of actions that would fall within the spectrum of crimes contemplated by the Penal Code to regulate sexual assaults after the reform of the 'just yes law'. It's yes', sponsored by the previous Minister of Equality, Irene Montero.
Estévez has sent to the public ministry documents and psychological reports of the victims, who most of the time suffered attacks when they were at the beginning of their careers and were appearing for casting selection tests in which Ramón Paso participated. After collecting their testimony, the Prosecutor's Office questioned the women, who confirmed their complaint regarding events that took place over five years, between 2018 and 2023.
The lawyer alleges that the majority of the women were victims of attacks of different intensities. On April 10, the Prosecutor's Office ordered the end of the investigation proceedings. Once the distribution is made, the head of the court to which the case is attributed will be in charge of accepting the complaint for processing.
“Leave”
Paso had just premiered the play 'Jardiel in love' at the Infanta Isabel Theater in Madrid, a tribute to his great-grandfather Enrique Jardiel Poncela, whose figure was played by the actor Pepe Viyuela, who has decided to abandon the production after learning of the accusation. «I was shocked. I am nervous. I do not think in another thing. “I am shocked,” Viyuela declared to Europa Press. The interpreter asserted that he had not spoken with Paso. «I don't want to call him. I don't want to continue with the show. “I'm leaving,” he said.
The producer of the production, Lola Teatro, chose to cancel the performance that was scheduled to be offered this Wednesday after what happened. Those responsible will decide in the next few hours if the suspension is definitive. The play, produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez, has a cast made up of Ángela Peirat, Ana Azorín, Inés Kerzan, Sergio Otegui and Rafa Ramos.
The Union of Actors and Actresses reiterated the need to maintain a “zero tolerance” policy with sexual assaults, while calling for the preservation of the anonymity of the victims. The union advocates improving both the protocols aimed at eradicating the “impunity of these acts” and the reporting channels. The organization advocates breaking the law of silence on a subject that until now has been taboo.
Paso has been a finalist for the 2019 Valle-Inclán Theater Award for the direction and dramaturgy of 'The laws of relativity applied to sexual relations'. She is responsible for hits such as 'You Have Eyes of a Femme Fatal… on the Radio', which she covered and directed; 'The Reunion' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest', by Oscar Wilde, a work in which he appears as the author of the version and direction.
He is the architect of more than fifty theatrical productions, either as playwright, stage director or in both capacities. In addition to his extensive career in theater, he has worked as a television scriptwriter, both in the development of his own projects and in the writing and coordination of scripts, while collaborating with the country's main production companies. His latest works for television have been 'The inhabitants of the uninhabited house', where he wrote the script and directed the actors, in a production for TVE; and 'Elcredit' by Jordi Galcerán, for TVE and TV3.
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