The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested film producer Xavier Atance in Barcelona, co-founder of Benecé Produccions, accused of sexually assaulting three female employees, as reported by El Periódico. Mossos d'Esquadra sources have confirmed to ARA that they arrested him yesterday, Wednesday, in Barcelona, and he is expected to be brought before the court this Thursday. The Mossos de les Corts investigation unit is handling the case. In the afternoon, the prosecution requested provisional release with periodic court appearances, a ban on leaving the country, passport confiscation, and a restraining order from the alleged victims. Finally, the magistrate has ordered his release with precautionary measures: a restraining order and a prohibition of communication with the victims.

Feminism emerged in 2018 from social movements at the forefront of the media and social agenda —that year saw the first global feminist strike in history— thanks to the Me Too movement denouncing sexual harassment, which originated in Hollywood and spread like wildfire. In Spain, the trigger was the street protests against the La Manada case. Feminism advances in waves, and we are now in the fourth wave, which has the denunciation of sexual violence as a key element. Me Too connected us as women and shattered the illusion of equality: "It was an awakening. Despite many decades of equality policies and equality in formal terms, attitudes of sexual violence continue to be reproduced underneath," argues Maria Freixenet, a researcher at the Institute of Political and Social Sciences ( The neo-machista backlash after the fourth wave of feminism, signed by several academics.