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A JUDGE IN SPAIN has ordered that a woman, who falsely accused an extreme right-wing politician sexual assault, stand trial.
Carlos Huge Fernandez Roca could have faced up to five years in prison for Maria del Valle Robles’s now-debunked allegations.
The Provincial Court of Justice of Madrid exonerated the MP of the right-wing Vox party in 2022 after he was made to defend himself.
He was forced to resign after the accusations.
Robles’ defence team challenged his exoneration but was confirmed again. Roca then filed a criminal complaint.
He accused the singing teacher of giving false testimony and of lying during his trial, demanding €337,000 in compensation and a three-year jail term.
Documents seen by El EspañolHis request for a hearing has been granted.
The ruling Judge Maria Angeles Velazquez said Robles ‘knowingly’ stated facts that ‘did not correspond to reality’, all while testifying ‘in tears’ against Roca.
Specifically, Robles is said to have lied about ‘her state of consciousness and will at the time of entering the home of the now complainant [Carlos Hugo Fernández Roca]’.
During Roca’s trial, she claimed that she was very drunk when going to the house of the politician at the time.
She said that Roca grabbed her and took advantage of her state to attack her.
The security footage at the entrance of the house, however, casts doubt on the woman’s version of the events. It appears to show no signs of intoxication or coercion.
Judge Velazquez has demanded that Robles deposit a bail of €75,000 euros or have her assets seized.
She stated in her ruling that “it is clear that [the young woman] “She entered the front door freely, without restraint and with no evidence of alcohol impairment.
She said these suggested her claims during Roca’s trial were ‘made with the intention of adding false details to her statement in order to make the court believe her high degree of intoxication and obtain the conviction of the accused in said criminal proceedings.’
