Overview
- Spain’s National Police informed Investigative Court No. 41 that neither Begoña Gómez nor her assistant, Cristina Álvarez, has responded or delivered passports requested in November, with the update added to the case file this week.
- The November order sought the documents to verify foreign travel, including trips to London, though police reported on January 14–15 that no reply had been received from either defense team.
- Separately, Álvarez’s lawyer asked the Madrid Provincial Court to correct what he calls a material error in its ruling that upheld a document request by saying ex–vice rector Juan Carlos Doadrio had volunteered to provide emails.
- The defense argues video recordings of Doadrio’s testimonies show he never offered the messages, challenging the validity of the judge’s use of a providencia rather than a reasoned order to obtain more than 100 emails.
- A UCO report already in the file analyzes 121 emails between Doadrio and Álvarez about sponsorship efforts for the UCM chair, while new filings note Indra found no meeting minutes on the software project and the university estimates related development costs at about €113,509.