Overview
- Diego Manuel Agüera stepped down as mayor and as local PSOE leader, calling the move a temporary pause to focus on his defense and asserting his innocence.
- The Fiscalía de Sevilla and the Guardia Civil have opened separate investigations, with statements taken from the former bullfighting school director and students.
- Complaints describe Instagram messages of a sexual nature to a 14-year-old and a proposed meeting that did not occur, according to filings cited by the reports.
- An anonymous tip reached the PSOE on January 13 before Manuel Carbonell filed with prosecutors and the boy’s parents reported the case to the Guardia Civil in La Rinconada.
- Agüera attributes the accusations to a vendetta tied to the municipal bullfighting school, while the PSOE in Seville says it respects his decision to resign; the first deputy, José Manuel Gutiérrez, will assume the role.