Overview
- The case, which closed Tuesday at Spain’s National Court, is now seen for sentence after final arguments.
- Anti-corruption prosecutors asked for five years in prison for José Manuel Villarejo for revealing secrets and sought €5,000 for Dina Bousselham and €1,000 for Pablo Iglesias.
- Prosecutors say he trafficked files taken from Bousselham’s stolen phone to damage Podemos and Iglesias, citing his agendas that logged meetings with reporters and the later stories in El Confidencial and Okdiario.
- Villarejo denies sharing the material and says two Interviú journalists gave him a copy, while his lawyer disputes the theft claim and the State Attorney argues he acted privately and that the Administration should not face civil liability.
- Interviú’s former director and deputy director admitted handing him a copy, police later seized those files in a 2017 raid, and the sequence began with Bousselham’s 2015 theft report followed by 2016 media leaks.