Sijena's lawyer is demanding €90,000 from Pepe Serra for defamation, an apology, and his resignation.

BarcelonaSijena's lawyer, Jorge Español, has followed through on his threat to take legal action against the director of the MNAC, Pepe Serra, for defamation: this Wednesday he requested a conciliation hearing before the Barcelona Court of First Instance, considered the preliminary step to filing a lawsuit. According to the request, to which ARA has had access, Serra mocked Español for "very responsibly" requesting that the listening of the new album be suspended. Rosalía in the Oval Room from the museum, because "the vibrations" could damage the Sijena murals.

A Spaniard is demanding that Pepe Serra issue a public apology and publish it in all media outlets and agencies that covered the story. Furthermore, he is demanding his "irrevocable" resignation as director of the MNAC and compensation of 90,000 euros for all the damages he claims to have caused.

In the statements made by Pepe Serra on the 15th during the presentation of the program Regarding the museum's plans for 2026, specifically, he said: "What's unacceptable is considering that a Rosalía concert could affect the paintings and that squeezing them into 74 pieces is easily done. Whoever says this needs to see a doctor." Although Serra didn't mention his name, Español feels targeted. "He didn't need to mention my name. Who was he referring to? Me, nobody else," Español told ARA. "He tells me I need to see a doctor, but you can see I'm perfectly sane. Maybe he doesn't like what I say, but I never said the paintings should be squeezed into 74 pieces; that was said by the Aragonese government. Serra mixed everything up."