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Man arrested in Barcelona for allegedly secretly filming and recording women for online ‘seduction course’

News Desk30th May 20253rd June 2025

30th May 20253rd June 20251009

A man in Barcelona has been arrested for allegedly recording conversations with women in public without their knowledge and using the videos to market an...

Rubiales ‘absolutely sure’ that Hermoso said he could kiss her

News Desk11th February 202519th February 2025

11th February 202519th February 20251218

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), reaffirmed before a judge in Madrid on Tuesday that the footballer Jenni Hermoso...

Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations

News Desk25th October 202431st October 2024

25th October 202431st October 20242588

Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...

Spanish government wants Catholic Church to compensate its victims of sex abuse

News Desk24th April 20246th May 2024

24th April 20246th May 20241491

Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic...

Spanish prosecutors seek 2.5 year sentence for Rubiales’ World Cup kiss and coercion

News Desk28th March 20244th April 2024

28th March 20244th April 20241468

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence of two-and-a-half years for the country’s disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales, who is facing trial for kissing Spain...

Dani Alves released after paying €1m bail, awaiting appeal of rape conviction

News Desk25th March 20242nd April 2024

25th March 20242nd April 20242021

The former Brazil international and Barça footballer Dani Alves was released from prison on Monday after paying €1 million in bail to be set free...

Dani Alves granted bail for €1m, following conviction of rape in Barcelona

News Desk21st March 202425th March 2024

21st March 202425th March 20241299

The former Brazil international and Barça footballer Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in exchange for...

Spanish director Carlos Vermut accused of sexual violence by three more women

News Desk27th February 20246th March 2024

27th February 20246th March 20241491

Spanish media reported on Tuesday that three more women have come forward to accuse Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence. This brings the...

Spanish film director denies accusations of sexual violence by three women

News Desk27th January 20244th February 2024

27th January 20244th February 20241467

Three women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence in an investigation published in Spain’s leading daily newspaper El Pais. None of...

Spain’s bishops apologise again for sex abuses, yet dispute number of victims

News Desk31st October 20236th November 2023

31st October 20236th November 20232102

Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologised again for sex abuses committed by church members following a recent report by Spain’s Ombudsman that accused the church of...

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