Politics · Spain · 10 hrs ago
Spanish court rejects Quiles complaint against Begoña Gómez
A court in Majadahonda rejected Vito Quiles’s complaint accusing Begoña Gómez of making a false report about him.
The dispute followed a restaurant encounter in which Gómez accused Quiles of assault, while he denied it and accused her of making a false complaint.
Spanish law requires a final court decision closing the original case before someone can be prosecuted for making a false report.
The Madrid Provincial Court overturned the earlier dismissal of Gómez’s case and ordered further examination of whether the incident involved coercion.
The appeal court said video did not establish physical assault, but that this did not settle whether Quiles’s conduct could amount to coercion.
If the case brought by Gómez is eventually closed with a final decision, Quiles could then file a valid complaint against her.
A court in Majadahonda rejected Vito Quiles’s complaint accusing Begoña Gómez of making a false report against him.
Judge Gerardo Calvo Tello ruled that the case Gómez brought against Quiles had not been definitively closed, a legal requirement before a false-report complaint could proceed.
The Madrid Provincial Court had overturned the earlier closure of Gómez’s case and ordered further investigation into possible coercion.
The ruling means neither Gómez nor Quiles has to attend the court hearing that had been scheduled for 23 October.
The reports differ on when the restaurant incident happened: La Razón says 12 May, while EL PAÍS says April.
- Who
- Vito Quiles filed the complaint against Begoña Gómez. Judge Gerardo Calvo Tello rejected it.
- What
- The court inadmitted Quiles’s complaint accusing Gómez of making a false report.
- When
- The ruling was issued on 15 October 2026 and reported on 19 October.
- Where
- The Court of Instruction No. 6 in Majadahonda, Madrid region, Spain.
- Why
- The case Gómez brought against Quiles had not been definitively closed, a legal requirement for a false-report complaint to proceed.
Vito Quiles
Begoña Gómez
Basis for false-report complaint
Vito Quiles
Quiles accused Gómez of making a false report against him after their restaurant encounter.
Begoña Gómez
Gómez argued that the case she brought against Quiles had not been definitively closed, so the complaint against her could not proceed.
Alleged conduct
Vito Quiles
Quiles denied Gómez’s allegation of an assault.
Begoña Gómez
Gómez reported an alleged assault by Quiles; the Madrid Provincial Court ordered investigation into possible coercion.
Gómez filed an appeal arguing that the case against her relied on a non-final decision.
Judge Gerardo Calvo Tello issued the ruling rejecting Quiles’s complaint.
News emerged that the Madrid Provincial Court had ordered the case brought by Gómez reopened to investigate possible coercion.
La Razón and EL PAÍS reported the rejection of Quiles’s complaint.
- Court
- Court of Instruction No. 6, Majadahonda
- Judge
- Gerardo Calvo Tello
- Complaint
- Quiles accused Gómez of making a false report
- Ruling date
- 15 October 2026
- Scheduled hearing
- 23 October
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What people are saying
no podrá procederse contra el denunciante o acusador sino tras sentencia firme o auto también firme, de sobreseimiento o archivo
el querellante estaría plenamente facultado para interponer la querella por denuncia falsa de manera válida
deliberadamente