The victim of sexual abuse by the ex-husband of former Valencian Vice President Mónica Oltra, who was located at a youth center, has appealed the provisional dismissal of the case against Oltra for alleged concealment. The appeal argues that there are facts of sufficient substance to keep the investigation open, as reflected in the appeal filed with the Valencia Court of Appeal against the order of the investigating court which granted provisional archive of proceedings for all defendants, on the ground that all indications had completely faded away.
The appeal, which has been reviewed by the press agency, contends that there has been a drastic and unexplained change in the instructor’s stance, now claiming there is no crime where there previously saw one. It asserts that no evidence has been provided that would allow the accusations to be dismissed out of hand beyond the statements of those investigated.
It is also argued that it is not understandable that situations once deemed so inexplicable as to suggest a concerted effort to conceal the abuses are now described as merely irregular actions, maintaining that the incriminating indicators remain intact. The brief highlights the striking shift in the instructor’s view, best captured in the reasoning presented to the High Court of Valencia, which now concludes that the behaviors attributed to the investigated individuals carry no criminal relevance, and this applies uniformly to all involved without exception.
A section titled “Deleted Accounts” follows as part of the defense’s framing.
The appellant asserts that the investigation should continue to clarify why the then-minor was brought to trial for the sexual abuses suffered while being escorted and guarded by the police. This is framed as part of a broader strategy intended to hide the initial report of the abuses and then discredit it. Therefore, the defense requests the testimony of police officers and a police inspector, as well as the director and a staff member of the youth center where the minor was housed, all of whom had been proposed as witnesses but were denied.
Finally, the appeal calls for the annulment of the provisional archive order and for the continuation of the proceedings so that new diligence can be conducted and, subsequently, an abbreviated procedure order can be issued. The appeal also criticizes the amount of time the defendants had to erase any incriminating emails, noting that most of the accounts used by the defendants have been deleted and that little information has been recovered.
The challenged order states that there is no evidence, even at the level of circumstantial indicators, that Oltra or any other person from the regional administration directed any orders, instructions, or directives to the defendants in relation to the case of the ex-husband, who is imprisoned for the abuses suffered by the minor under the Valencia Generalitat.
The document closes with a brief note indicating the continuation of the process and the need for further clarifications regarding the conduct of those involved.