Tag: sexual assault
Leader of a Castellon-based cult accused of sexually assaulting a follower arrested in Valencia
THE leader of a cult in Castellon province accused of sexually assaulting one of his followers has been arrested in Valencia.
The accused, a Spanish...
Squatter accused of sexually assaulting a woman and stealing from her arrested in Malaga
A SQUATTER has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and stealing from her in Malaga.
The accused, a 26-year-old irregular migrant living as...
Two young men in custody for sexually assaulting a woman and leaving her half-naked in Adra (Almeria)
TWO men aged 23 and 24 have been arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in Adra (Almeria) last May 14.
It has been reported that...
Alleged gang rape of a 21-year-old woman investigated in Madrid
A 21-YEAR-OLD Maghrebian woman has reported that she was raped by three men in a flat in Tetuan (Madrid) last Saturday May 6.
The victim...
Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners
LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’...
Brazilian football player Dani Alves changes story for fourth time over allegations of rape in Spanish nightclub
FORMER FC Barcelona football player Dani Alves has changed his story once again about an alleged sexual assault in a nightclub on December 30...
Spain’s prime minister says sorry for new consent law that has seen sex offenders released from jail early
SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has used an interview with Spanish newspapers to apologise for the unexpected effects of a new consent law, which...
Five young men imprisoned after allegedly raping a woman in Barcelona
Five men accused of gang raping a women in the Catalan town of Rubi were sent to prison last Thursday 14.
They are believed to...
Number of sex offenders released early under Spain’s ‘yes means yes’ consent law now exceeds 100
THE NUMBER of convicted sex offenders who have secured early release from prison thanks to a controversial new consent law has now passed the...
No means no: Row in Spain’s government over controversial consent law rumbles on
ONGOING divisions in Spain’s coalition government over a controversial law covering consent show no sign of healing. On Monday, the Socialist Party (PSOE) made...
13 new victims of alleged pedophile have been found
A man arrested last September accused of sexually assaulting five minors between 10 and 12 years of age has been linked to 13 new...
Barcelona museum tour guide arrested for allegedly assaulting four schoolgirls
A 26-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting four schoolgirls in Badalona´s Roman Museum has been arrested.
The alleged criminal is believed to have inappropriately touched...
City in Spain’s Catalonia rocked by alleged rape of 11-year-old girl by a group of minors
THE CATALAN city of Badalona has been rocked by the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl, and which only came to light when...
Police in Spain arrest couple who used fake modelling and film agencies to force more than 120 women into...
SPAIN’S National Police force has arrested a couple on suspicion of sexually exploiting more than 120 women in the Alicante municipalities of Elche and...
Five teenagers arrested in Barcelona province after allegedly sexually assaulting classmate with teacher in the room
FOUR fourteen-year-old boys and one seventeen-year old have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female classmate while their teacher was...
While Spanish victims are forced to wait for justice, Portugal publishes report on abuses in the Catholic Church
A DEVASTATING report published this week has revealed that at least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Catholic Church in Portugal...
Poll: 22% of women in Spain say they have been sexually assaulted
NEARLY 22% of women in Spain say they have suffered some kind of sexual assault during their lives. That’s a total of 3.5 million...
Spain’s Socialist Party bows to pressure and will propose changes to controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law
AFTER months of political pressure, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that it will present changes to the new ‘only yes means yes’...
Spain’s Socialist Party commits to changing controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law
THE SPANISH government confirmed at the weekend that it will seek to make changes to its controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.
The legislation,...
Dani Alves rape allegation prompts Balearic bars and clubs to bring in protocol to protect women on a night...
THE rape accusation against Dani Alves, the former Barca footballer, has raised awkward conversations in Spain about the lack of protection for women on...
Security camera footage contradicts Dani Alves’s version of events over rape accusations
FORMER Barcelona FC player Dani Alves has given three different versions of the events that took place in a nightclub on December 30 of...
Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129
A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting...
Parents in Spain’s Barcelona province file police report after sex video of underage daughter goes viral
A COUPLE in Barcelona province has filed a police report after a video of their underage daughter performing a sex act in a nightclub...
Convicted sex offenders who have seen sentences reduced under Spain’s ‘only yes means yes’ law now number 50
SOME 50 convicted sex offenders have had their sentences reduced under Spain’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was designed to put consent...
Member of notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang of rapists will not get reduced sentence under Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’...
ONE OF the members of the notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang, responsible for the rape of a young woman at the Running of the Bulls fiestas...
Three sex offenders who raped minors see sentences cut under Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law
THREE more sex offenders in Spain have had their prison sentences reduced under the country’s controversial new ‘only yes means yes’ sexual assault law.
A...