The judge opens an investigation against the former DAO of the Police for the sexual assault complaint filed by an inspector

A Madrid court has agreed to open proceedings against José Ángel González, former deputy operational director (DAO) of the National Police, considering that there is sufficient evidence of an alleged crime of sexual assault against a female inspector of the Corps. The decision is contained in an order signed by the head of Madrid's Court of Violence against Women number 8, David Maman, who has indicated that the facts "present the characteristics of an alleged sexual assault," and now gives ten days to the Prosecutor's Office and the other parties to request possible additional proceedings before the case moves to the oral trial phase.

The judicial procedure began as a result of the complaint filed by a female inspector of the National Police, who attributes to the former high-ranking police officer alleged crimes of sexual assault and coercion. During the investigation, the court has incorporated various documents provided by the private prosecution, including medical and psychological reports on the sequelae reported by the victim, as well as audio recordings that, according to the inspector's legal representation, aim to reinforce the credibility of her account.

The complainant's lawyer has also announced that he will request new evidence within the period opened by the judge with the aim of expanding the evidentiary material incorporated into the procedure.

The content of the complaint

According to the complainant's statement, both maintained a romantic relationship marked by a notable power imbalance within the institution, which she described as continuously used to establish a dynamic of "control, domination, and psychological submission." The woman maintained that she tried to break off that relationship "on multiple occasions" without success, and that after the definitive breakup, González began an "obsessive conduct of harassment and unwanted contact."

The central episode of the complaint is set on April 23, 2025. That day, according to the account, the agent received several calls from González demanding that she come urgently. Faced with her refusal, he allegedly resorted to his authority to make her leave her job and travel in a police vehicle. After subsequently meeting in a restaurant, both moved to a dwelling where, according to the complainant, González allegedly initiated a sexual approach that she rejected "verbally, expressly, emphatically, and continuously," despite which he allegedly persisted with behaviors of "physical violence and environmental intimidation."

González's Version

In his statements on March 17, 2026, the day he was summoned as a defendant and testified before the judge for the first time, González completely denied the facts. His version maintained that it was he who offered the woman to leave the home, and attributed the complaint to the agent's "jealousy". Upon leaving that appearance, he declared himself innocent to the media: "Finally I have been able to come and give my version before the judge and prove my innocence." He also expressed that the complaint had "destroyed his personal, family and professional life for something he really has not done at all," and attributed the lawsuit to the agent's "hatred" for, according to him, "not having achieved the professional aspirations she wanted," calling the complaint the result of the "malice, meanness and hatred" of the complainant.