The Supreme Court is investigating Alvise Pérez to harass the two MEPs who left his party.

MadridAlvise Pérez faces a new investigation at the Supreme Court. The criminal division of the high court has opened a fourth case against the leader of the Se ha Acabado la Fiesta (SALF) party for revealing secrets and harassing the two MEPs who left his party, leaving him alone in the European Parliament. The presiding judge in the case will be Manuel Marchena, president of the court that judged the 1-O vote and a long-time acquaintance of the independence movement.

The Supreme Court has admitted the complaint filed by Diego Solier and Nora Junco, who declared themselves independent months ago and are no longer affiliated with SALF. Both MEPs reported that, following their decision to disassociate themselves from Alvise Pérez, they suffered "a continuous campaign of harassment through social media" triggered by messages posted by the SALF leader on a podcast and a Telegram channel. They report that "they even feared for their physical safety" and accuse Pérez of having "revealed their location and where they were going," as well as their email addresses, phone numbers, and social media accounts.

Solier and Junco explain that they had to "endure a constant feeling of insecurity and change habits and routines," and the MEP even changed her phone number because she was receiving an "enormous amount of offensive and threatening messages." Based on the information provided in the complaint, including documentary evidence, the Supreme Court concludes that there is evidence of both crimes.

Other investigations

The Supreme Court was already investigating Alvise Pérez forhaving accepted 100,000 euros in cashthat crypto-entrepreneur Álvaro Romillo gave him to fund his European election campaign—the court sees evidence of fraud, misappropriation, money laundering, and document forgery—to spread false proof of Salvador Illa's COVID-19 status (falsifying a private document and slander), and, against a prosecutor, coercion and hatred through social media. The judicial investigations that had already been opened against him were precisely one of the arguments used by the two critical MEPs to distance themselves from the SALF leader. "We cannot talk about regeneration while accepting intimidation, blackmail, or dirty money," they said in a statement in June when they announced their split with Pérez.