The prosecution is demanding four years in prison against journalist Saül Gordillo in his second case for sexual assault on a worker. The public prosecutor accuses the former director of the ‘Principal’ newspaper of having had sexual relations without consent with an editor-in-chief after the Christmas dinner of the ‘Principal’ newspaper headed by Gordillo, in 2022.
In her writing, the prosecutor emphasizes that the victim was “incapable of reacting” during the sexual assault due to previous consumption of alcoholic beverages and benzodiazepines, even if the investigation could not determine how this last substance chemical found its way into the woman’s body.
What the indictment specifies is that the victim presented “obvious symptoms” of alcohol on the evening of the incident, and that Gordillo allegedly took advantage of this to have sexual relations without consent. The journalist, who in addition to being her boss was several years older than the complainant, defended that these were consensual relations.
The timeline told by the prosecution begins at the company’s Christmas dinner and the party that followed at the Apolo nightclub (where the first complaint against Gordillo for non-consensual touching of another worker took place). After consuming several alcoholic drinks, Gordillo offered to take the employee in a taxi to the parking lot where she had parked her car to take her home. It was in Gordillo’s car that the prosecution located the attack.
“Taking advantage of the fact that the victim had no capacity to react or move due to the state she was in” due to her alcohol consumption, Gordillo had sexual relations without consent with the editor in chief. In addition to the prison sentence, the prosecution demands six years of supervised release for Gordillo and compensation of 10,000 euros for the victim.
During his first trial for sexual assault, which will take place in November, the prosecution is demanding a fine of 9,000 euros from the journalist for having touched without consent an employee of the newspaper he managed, a request for sanction which corresponds to the accusation deprived of the victim. carries to four years.
