The events for which Begoña Gómez, wife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will sue the polemicist Vito Quiles happened this Wednesday in a Madrid cafeteria where Quiles allegedly approached her when she was accompanied by two friends, which has led the wife of the head of the Executive to prepare legal actions against him.
La Moncloa confirms that Begoña Gómez will file a complaint
Sources from La Moncloa conveyed to El País that Begoña Gómez will sue Vito Quiles for what happened in the cafeteria. For the moment, no further details have emerged about the exact content of the complaint or the scope of the "aggression" attributed to him.
The relevant fact is that the official circle of the President of the Government takes for granted that the matter will have judicial proceedings. The communication from La Moncloa places the episode outside of a simple verbal altercation and already places it in the realm of a formal complaint.
A new episode of tension around Begoña Gómez
The incident occurs in a context of sustained pressure on Begoña Gómez. Sánchez's wife has been the subject of intense political, judicial, and media coverage since the proceedings related to her professional activities began.
Now, the case incorporates a new development: a complaint for an alleged assault in a private space, outside the judicial sphere in which his name was already involved.
For the moment, what has transpired is that Quiles "did not let Begoña Gómez leave" the establishment where he approached her and that he would have caused a situation of alleged "harassment."
Quiles' video
Quiles has disseminated on his social networks a video in which he is seen addressing Begoña Gómez directly and accusing her of having taken advantage of her position as the president's wife to do "shenanigans".
In the recording, it is observed how Gómez's companions try to prevent him from continuing to record and a scuffle occurs with Quiles, who refers to them as "charos", something that the Government considers an act of "machista violence".
Vito Quiles, from media confrontation to a possible judicial complaint
Vito Quiles has consolidated himself in recent years as one of the most controversial profiles of the Spanish political-media ecosystem. His professional style is based on direct confrontation, approaches to leaders and public figures, and intense activity on social networks.