A prediction has been raised by Virginia Yagüe, a member of the CIMA board, who told Europa Press that the Film Academy and her own association will discuss this possibility at a future meeting because it is important that the institutions themselves do not endorse it.
On January 29, it became public that producer Javier Pérez Santana was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing actress Jedet at the party after the Feroz 2023 awards premiere, and a second man is under investigation for potential involvement.
Public complaints did not end there regarding the attacks at that event. In the days that followed, several invited attendees reported being harassed by Javier Pérez Santana. He was released a few hours after his arrest.
For example, in Cut! she described that he approached her twice during the night and asked what actions she should take to sleep with him in the meantime.
These situations were described as disturbing by Ferrer, who also recalled being harassed by Santana at the same gala last year. The actress commended Jedet for speaking out about those episodes.
Television critic and writer Bob Pop also noted that the producer faced harassment at the party. He recalled seeing a photo of the accused and remembering three previous attempts to come close for intimate purposes, which led him to distance himself as much as possible. He admitted feeling the weight of the so-called normality surrounding these incidents, noting that his first impulse was to believe there was a quota of drunken behavior at parties. Yet he acknowledged how uninformed society appeared after learning of Jedet’s complaint.
We may assume this behavior is normal, but progress lies in rejecting that assumption. He stated that he did not think to call someone to intervene because he never imagined such conduct would be reported.