The trial against the Seville forensic doctor accused of several crimes against moral integrity allegedly committed by public officials, following the "continuous value judgments" she allegedly made towards women reporting sexual assaults, was initially scheduled for this Friday, May 12, but has been suspended without a new date, as sources from the High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) have indicated to Europa Press.
The oral hearing had been set for November 2025, although it had to be postponed due to procedural issues raised by the defense, including the possible violation of the right to a judge predetermined by law and various irregularities noted during the investigation phase.
After that postponement, the defendant's lawyer explained that both the prosecution and the court deemed it necessary to halt the trial to review the entire procedure and make an express ruling on the allegations made in the preliminary issues.
The forensic doctor herself, after learning of the suspension of the hearing, reiterated her innocence. "I have never done anything wrong to anyone and I have treated everyone with delicacy," the forensic doctor stated. "I have tremendous faith, and I know that nothing can go against me. God protects his children and I do everything possible to do things right. I could never say something like that -- referring to the judgmental comments attributed to her --." In this way, she defended her "scientific rigor" and assured that she behaved "in the most correct way possible" with the victims.
According to the Public Prosecutor's written statement, "the accused reiterated criticisms towards the clothing or behavior of the alleged victims, implying that they had implicitly consented to the sexual act or that their conduct had provoked it." With this, she "undermined the credibility of their story and made them feel guilty for what had happened, as well as for the legal consequences that a complaint against the alleged perpetrators of the acts and their families could entail."
According to the prosecution, these actions generated "enormous distress" in the interviewees due to the situation of special vulnerability in which they found themselves, increasing their discomfort and, in some cases, leading them not to formalize a complaint for the events, "upon finding themselves questioned and belittled" by the comments attributed to the forensic doctor.
The Prosecutor's Office is seeking a sentence of three years in prison, one for each of the three crimes against moral integrity imputed as committed by a public official, in addition to three years of special disqualification from public employment or office.