The Ministry of the Interior has given police protection to a woman who has reported sexual assault by the Spanish Police Chief
On the same day he filed a complaint, that is, on Tuesday, the names and surnames of bere were disseminated to various WhatsApp police groups, as his lawyer has lamented, which has increased his anxiety and made him very vulnerable.
Jose Angel Gonzalez. Stock Photo: Europa Press
The woman who accused the former deputy operational director oftheSpanish Police (DAO), José Ángel González, of sexual assault , has acceptedthe police protection offered to him by the Ministry of the Interior and is very weak, according to his lawyer , Jorge Piedrafita , this Thursday, in which he regrets the disclosure of the victim's nameand surnames.
According to sources from the Ministry of the Interior, Commissioner Gemma Barroso , Deputy Director of Human Resources of the Spanish Police Policia and temporarily occupying the post of DAO, spoke to the reporting inspector on Thursday morning to offer police protection.
The woman who reported the sexual assault has been on leave sinceJuly 2025. This officer filed a complaint in January 2018 against number two of the police for the sexual assault she suffered in April 2025 and, according to the complaint, was coerced not to go to justice.
"On the same day he filed a complaint, that is, on Tuesday, his nameand surnames were disseminated to various police groups on WhatsApp. He began to receive numerous messages and calls, some of them protective and others telling him where he was going. All this has caused him a lot of pain and increasedhis anxiety, "his lawyer explained.
If you are mistreated or know of any case, call the following free phones: 900 840 111 (Basque), 016 (Spanish) or 3919 (Northern, 24 hours a day, except Sundays and holidays from 09:00 to 18:00). They leave no trace on the bill, but on the phone, so don't forget to delete it.
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