A former PP councilor from Móstoles will sue the mayor for harassment.

MadridThe former PP councilwoman from Móstoles who suffered alleged workplace and sexual harassment at the hands of the town's mayor, Manuel Bautista, in 2024, intends to take the case to court. Her lawyer, Antonio Suárez-Valdés, will present her case to the courts, detailing the alleged sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of Bautista, and the subsequent workplace harassment. Speaking to Europa Press, the former councilwoman's lawyer explained that he is preparing a complaint against the mayor for various offenses and intends to file it next week. The lawyer maintains that she did not report the case earlier due to pressure, but also because when she sought assistance from the party, she was ignored. The former councilwoman is also preparing another complaint against the Community of Madrid, which she will file with the Supreme Court for the alleged leak of her personal emails without her consent. She alleges that there was an "invasion" of her official email account, with unauthorized access, the deletion of messages, and the use of the content for purposes unrelated to her public duties. With the complaint, which will be for a possible crime of revealing secrets, her lawyer wants to clarify who ordered or facilitated the leak: whether it was the Community of Madrid or someone associated with the People's Party of Madrid. The deletion of emails from her computer was already reported, but a Madrid court dismissed the case. She appealed the decision to the Madrid Provincial Court, which has not yet issued a ruling.

This Thursday, after the facts came to light – which revealed The CountryThe mayor of Móstoles refused to resign, defended his presumption of innocence, and asserted that a narrative had been constructed that "does not correspond to reality." "None of my councilors have asked me to resign because there is no formal accusation; that is, the legal route has not been explored, and the case has been closed by the Committee on Rights and Guarantees," he stated. "I believe that a single news report is not sufficient grounds for any decision," he added. Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Alberto Núñez Feijóo rallied behind him.

The PSOE demands resignations

For its part, the PSOE continues to rub salt in the wound and demand the resignation or "immediate dismissal" of the mayor of Móstoles. The leader of the Madrid socialists and Minister of Digital Transformation, Óscar López, criticized the PP's "hypocrisy": the Popular Party "flooded" television studios when there were cases within the PSOE—like that of Paco Salazar—and now, in contrast, "they have all come out to defend" the mayor. "None of them meet the standards they set for others," he added. From Podemos, MEP and former Minister of Equality Irene Montero said that the PP "wants to live in a society where aggressors have impunity and victims are silenced," and lamented that "when you applaud an aggressor, you're talking about women." And she lashed out at Alberto Núñez Feijóo's words yesterday: "He wants me to go to court, as if the truth depended on a court convicting the aggressor."