Overview
- The Madrid investigating court, which issued the order Friday, closed the case provisionally after finding no criminal offense in the March 2 encounter.
- Security footage from Senate cameras and police recordings showed the full sequence and, the judge wrote, no aggression by Quiles.
- The court highlighted that bystanders and police formed a security cordon that kept Quiles from reaching Santaolalla, and a forensic report found no injuries tied to the incident.
- In an earlier ruling on March 5, the same judge declined a restraining order, noting the reported injuries were slight and not objectively verified.
- Santaolalla maintains she was struck and says she is in therapy for fear since the episode, while Quiles denies wrongdoing and says he has filed a defamation complaint.