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Aldama Delivers Records to Spain’s Supreme Court Citing Partner’s Rent Payments for Ábalos’s Ex

The late filing could shape what evidence judges allow about alleged perks linked to ex-minister José Luis Ábalos.

Overview

  • Víctor de Aldama submitted payment records and emails to the Supreme Court that he says show his associate Alberto Escolano paid the €2,940 monthly rent for the Torre de Madrid flat where Jésica Rodríguez lived.
  • The file lists €82,248.40 paid through Escolano before the transfers stopped at the end of 2021.
  • Emails included in the materials show the rental agency warned of eviction after the arrears grew when those payments ended.
  • Investigators report that Rodríguez remained in the apartment until March 2022 after an adviser to Koldo García took over the rent.
  • The defense says the court had earlier ruled against admitting these documents, which now raises questions over their use at next week’s oral hearing in the Caso Koldo trial.