Overview
- The assault occurred in the early hours outside Vandido on Madrid’s calle Goya, where occupants of a car hurled homophobic insults, used pepper spray and threw punches at the duo and companions.
- Emergency services treated the victims around 6 a.m. and transferred two people to Hospital Gregorio Marañón; the artists were observed for about twelve hours and later discharged.
- A formal complaint has been filed, the National Police have opened an investigation, and authorities say the alleged attackers were identified using footage that captured them and the car’s license plate.
- Family accounts describe lingering trauma and injuries, including eye concerns for Jesús, a swollen tongue for Daniel’s partner, and effects consistent with pepper-spray exposure.
- Witnesses reported roughly five assailants beating Jesús on the ground before club security intervened and the attackers fled; no public confirmation of arrests has been reported.