Prosecutors have requested the full acquittal of Begoña Gómez, Cristina Álvarez and Juan Carlos Barrabés in the case investigated by Judge Juan Carlos Peinado. In its conclusions, the public prosecutor's office states that no crime has been committed.
The prosecutor submitted a 26-page document before the trial concluding that neither Gómez nor her associates received remuneration or benefit from the Cátedra de Transformación Social Competitiva at Universidad Complutense. No pressure on sponsoring companies such as Indra, Google or Telefónica was detected either.
Juan Carlos Barrabés, for whom the accusations seek six years in prison, denied in an interview any current relationship with Gómez or Pedro Sánchez. He stated that his participation in the chair was “nonexistent” and that he only met the president’s wife in 2010 at an event.
The public prosecutor’s office also appealed on June 26 against Judge Peinado’s precautionary measures. It accused the investigating judge of inventing “a confabulación” by comparing the case to a drug trafficking organization to prevent Gómez from traveling.
