Sexual assault

PP Member of Parliament Ainhoa Domaica has reproached the Security Adviser for not protecting minors, considering that the Government has been looking "the other way".

The Ertzaintza has arrested, in collaboration with the Bilbao Municipal Police, a man accused of two crimes against sexual freedom, attempting to forcibly steal a mobile phone from a woman and injuring the man who was trying to help the victim.

More than 20 women in the audiovisual sector have given voice to the real cases of sexual assault suffered by women in the sector, including this year's Donostia Prize, Esther García, who have denounced that they occur in all areas of the audiovisual industry.

One of the local employees reported, among other things, that he had been subjected to humiliating treatment and forced to use drugs.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on charges of being the perpetrator of the sexual assault suffered last Friday by a woman who reported in police custody that the man, in addition to sexually assaulting her, controlled what he was doing and who he was with, and prohibited him from seeing his friends.

The victim filed the complaint yesterday at the police station in the capital of Guipuzcoana, where she acknowledged that in addition to sexually assaulting her, she controlled what the man was doing and who he was with, and prohibited her from seeing her friends.

The Bizkaia Court has sentenced a coach of the Barakaldo Pauldarrak football team to three years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting four players between the ages of 14 and 15. The lawyer for the families who have filed the complaint, Juan Carlos Soto, has stressed that "although there is no other evidence, the judge has given credibility to the testimony of the minors".

The Public Prosecutor's Office and the private prosecution have requested sentences of more than 45 years' imprisonment for the accused.

The Gipuzkoa Public Prosecutor's Office has requested a 45-year prison sentence for the accused, and the trial is scheduled to end on Thursday.

A European arrest warrant was issued for the 39-year-old man, who has been fleeing justice since 2017. The judge has provisionally released him with precautionary measures pending extradition proceedings to Luxembourg.

In early 2025, the Gipuzkoa High Court sentenced the man to more than 20 years' imprisonment and the child's mother to almost two years' imprisonment for allowing the assaults.

The attack took place in Zorrozaurre, when the victim slept in a building occupied by poor people.

During the searches, thousands of images and video files have been seized with "serious" sexual assaults on minors and other offensive and degrading actions towards the victims, with a total of 16 detainees in this police operation in Spain.

Bakio City Council cancels its August 29 night events on the grounds of "increased violence." Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, believes it is positive to put sexist aggression in the center, but disagrees with the decision. She says that "women must occupy public space, on equal terms and with all security."

The Public Prosecutor's Office requested sentences of more than 16 years but, according to the judgement, the victim did not "sufficiently substantiate" the refusal of consent to continue sexual intercourse.

In a massive rally in front of the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, Bilboko Konpartsak has attacked sexist attacks in recent days, inviting citizens to enjoy the Bilbao holidays, but urging the assailants to stay at home.