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SPAIN
Sánchez does not shed light on the blackout but warns that he will not change his energy model and pushes Agenda 2030 goals: {Translation}
– The causes that led to the major blackout on April 28th have still not come to light. Pedro Sánchez did not provide, as was to be expected, a single relevant piece of information on the matter in his appearance this Wednesday before the Congress of Deputies. His intervention had another purpose, to come out in defense of an energy model, his own, questioned these days from the first opposition party and part of the sector. “We are not going to deviate a single millimeter from the roadmap planned since 2018 -he warned-. Renewables are not only the future, they are our only option”.
– The Executive continues to argue that “rigor and prudence” oblige it not to rush when drawing conclusions from what happened and that is why it is reluctant to park even the hypothesis of cyber-attack, discarded last Tuesday by Red Eléctrica. Sanchez no longer mentioned it but what he did insist on was to fight the idea, based on the opinion of experts and raised in the previous reports of the semi-public company, that the system already had a problem of inadequacy to the excessive penetration of renewables against more stable energy, including nuclear.
– “I’m afraid the issue is more complex. That it is not black and white. And that linking this blackout to the nuclear debate is not only irresponsible, it is also a gigantic manipulation” recriminated the President of the Government pointing not only against the PP but also against some of the main energy companies. “They do not provide data. They only pontificate with the certainty of those who do not understand anything or those who do not want to understand, because they have sold their critical spirit to a good payer”, he added.
– The president argued that the necessary technology already exists to allow renewables, a priori more fickle, to fulfill the same role of inertia generation and voltage maintenance as the rest of synchronous energies (combined cycle, hydroelectric and nuclear), although he also admitted that the CNMC must complete its regulation for Red Eléctrica to enable 50% of the photovoltaic plants that already incorporate them. “The key is to bet on them and for private operators to make the necessary investments,” he said.
– He also shook off any blame in this matter with the argument that the government has been working on it for “seven years” already. “Since 2018, we have increased investments in electricity transmission infrastructure by 55% compared to the planning made by Mariano Rajoy’s executive. 522 million euros have been invested – he said – in digitizing the distribution network”.
– As he did the day after the blackout, this Wednesday Sánchez insisted on the message that in situations like the one experienced, nuclear can be more “a problem” than a solution and to try to deal with those who, like the former president of Red Eléctrica and former Socialist minister, Jordi Sevilla, have spoken of “renewable messianism” or branded him as dogmatic, he assured that he is willing to “listen” to the companies if “they agree among themselves” on a different schedule for the closure of nuclear plants than the current one because his government is a “dialoguing” government. However, he then made it clear that it will be difficult to convince him.
– Sánchez set three requirements for extending the life of the plants that will have to close in 2035: that the extension should guarantee the safety of the population; that the measure should be suitable for guaranteeing the security of the electricity supply, and that it should be “economically viable” and not at “the expense of the taxpayer’s pocket but of the ultra-rich who preside over these nuclear companies”. This last demand is the key because companies like Iberdrola or Endesa complain that what makes producing nuclear energy unprofitable is taxation, the tax on electricity generation and the Enresa fee for waste management.
– The president appealed to environmental but also economic reasons to defend his green transition. According to him, when he arrived at the Executive he came up against a model that taxed the sun, dumped millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere and relied mainly on the consumption of hydrocarbons imported from abroad that cost 42,500 million euros every year; “twice -I argue- what we spend on unemployment benefits and 8 times what we spend on education”. Now, Spain has “one of the cheapest energies in Europe”, emits 60% less greenhouse gases and its degree of dependence on the exterior, he boasted, is six points lower. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/nacional/sanchez-afronta-cerco-congreso-rearme-apagon-20250507070942-ntrc_amp.html
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Feijóo reproaches Sánchez for “victimizing” himself when the “main party responsible” for the blackout was the Government and demands resignations: {Translation}
– More than a week after the massive blackout that affected the Peninsula for 12 hours, the opposition leader reproaches the president for coming to Congress with the “audacity to play the victim” without even offering answers about the causes of the network failure. Especially since “the main person responsible for there being electricity in Spain is the largest shareholder of the private operator, that is, the Government.” Thus, Alberto Núñez Feijóo {pic} defended the private operators and demanded resignations from “the entire leadership of the Ministry of Ecological Transition for their fanaticism and, of course, also from the president of Red Eléctrica,” the former socialist minister Beatriz Corredor. “Is he going to convince us that Red Eléctrica is public to protect colleagues and private when things go badly?” he questioned.
– The opposition leader denounced that there were 11 warnings in five years before the blackout, so, in his opinion, the Government knew this situation could happen: “Is he going to repeat that it was a surprise?” he reproached Sánchez after his appearance to explain the network failure on April 28 and inform about the rearmament plan. For Feijóo, Sánchez’s conclusion about the blackout “is that Spain blew a fuse.” Therefore, he wonders if, in the absence of conclusive information, the president can “know that his energy policy had nothing to do with it” and if he can assure it will not happen again. He also hinted again at the theory that the Government hides information to “avoid million-euro compensations.”
– In any case, the Popular Party leader demanded the president delegate the blackout investigation to the EU energy regulators’ cooperation agency, since “an independent and reliable international investigation cannot be led by the investigated,” that is, “Sánchez’s Government.” He also announced he will activate another investigation commission on the blackout in the Senate to “guarantee the neutrality of the investigation” that the PSOE wants to open in Congress.
– Feijóo accused Sánchez of “laughing in the face” of Spaniards by boasting that the electrical system was restored in less than 24 hours: “In 2025 Spain, it is no feat that the power returns 12 hours later; the normal thing is that it does not go out. Even a nation at war like Ukraine does not feel the duty to offer us help.” Thus, the Popular leader guaranteed that “the fourth economy of the eurozone will not tolerate that what happened on April 28 ends without resignations” because the Government “failed in forecasting and reaction.”
– He also confronted Sánchez’s energy model, which favors renewables and has ruled out extending nuclear plant closures. Sánchez has assured that the Government’s commitment to green energy “is not ideological or due to hidden dark interests,” but because “Spain’s energy future will be green or it will not be.” “Distrust those who tell you this is about renewables or nuclear because it is not,” the socialist president defended.
– But after the blackout, Feijóo demanded Sánchez accept that his energy model has failed, since, in his opinion, stability requires an energy mix. “This is not about renewables or nuclear; it is about renewables and nuclear. It is science,” added the Popular leader, who ironically noted that the only Spaniard who benefited from the blackout was the president’s brother, as that same morning, shortly before the power went out across Spain, he had been prosecuted for prevarication and influence peddling. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5707198/0/feijoo-reprocha-sanchez-que-se-victimice-cuando-principal-responsable-apagon-fue-gobierno-exige-dimisiones/
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The Judge of the Begoña Gómez Case insists on investigating the rescue of Air Europa: {Translation}
– Judge Juan Carlos Peinado {pic}, who is handling the so-called ‘Begoña Gómez case’, has confirmed his decision to investigate the rescue of the airline Air Europa, stating there is a “criminal indication” that “directly involves the wife of the Prime Minister.” In a ruling reported by Europa Press, the judge dismisses the appeals filed by Gómez and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, arguing that “there are facts which, although initially unknown, justify investigating this matter.”
He explains that this allowed the Provincial Court of Madrid “to consider the likelihood of the facts alleged in the initial complaint as mere conjecture.”
– The judge now considers that “this mere conjecture has disappeared, and what remains is clearly a criminal indication.” He adds, “And, as will be seen later, it directly implicates, in terms of participation, the investigated Begoña Gómez.”
– In his ruling, the magistrate responds to the Prosecutor’s Office’s appeal, which argued that there are no new facts to investigate regarding the rescue. He criticises them, saying, “With all due respect, it seems they do not want to live in the same world as all Spaniards.” He also notes that “it is well known and public, through all kinds of media, that public opinion has been informed of the progress made by the Central Operating Unit (UCO) in the investigation into Air Europa’s rescue, although this has been part of another case being handled by the Supreme Court,” referring to the ‘Koldo case’.
– Regarding Gómez’s defence, the judge finds it “curious and unusual” that they appealed the ruling that justified continuing the investigation just one day after the Prosecutor’s Office did so. He further points out that Gómez’s lawyer’s appeal is “significantly less comprehensive than that of the Prosecutor’s Office.” He speculates this might be because the lawyer’s arguments are weaker or because they trust the Prosecutor’s Office to more effectively defend the interests of the accused from a legal standpoint.
– The judge insists that his decision “is not a whim to seek unfounded criminal acts.” He cites news reports highlighting “certain anomalies” in the rescue of the airline and refers to a chat message between Air Europa’s CEO and former ministerial advisor Koldo García, in which the CEO mentions having communicated “with Begoña.” He concludes that “to continue insisting there are no new facts about the rescue decision after such evidence is akin to using the ‘ostrich technique’, refusing to face objective reality.” The judge has rejected appeals against his decision, warning that failing to investigate the Air Europa rescue could amount to crimes of prevarication or omission of duty.
– He explains that although the Public Prosecutor opposed requesting a new report from the UCO on Globalia-Air Europa, based on earlier court rulings, these rulings only exclude facts already known, not “truly new and incriminating evidence.” He argues that if he, as an investigating judge, did not request this report, it could be seen as allowing the commission of new crimes to go unprosecuted, potentially constituting a criminal offence by omission and inducing UCO agents to omit their duty to investigate. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1894995/el-juez-del-caso-begona-gomez-insiste-en-investigar-el-rescate-de-air-europa/
MALAGA PROVINCE
Thousands of cyclists ride through the heart of Malaga in the IV Marcha Coín-Caminito del Rey: {Translation, summary}
– This Sunday, 11 May, around a thousand cyclists from across Spain will take part in the 4th Coín – Caminito del Rey Cycling Tour, a 120-kilometre event starting and finishing in Coín. Organised by Coín Town Hall and the Coín Cycling Club, with support from Málaga Provincial Council, the route passes through ten towns in the Guadalhorce Valley and features iconic landscapes like the Caminito del Rey and the Sierra de las Nieves.
– This year, organisers have improved logistics with new parking areas, a race office, physiotherapy services, a participant care tent, and bike storage. Each cyclist will receive a personalised postcard created by Coín schoolchildren as a sentimental touch. Since its delayed inaugural edition in 2022, participation has grown from 500 to 750, reaching 1,000 in the third and fourth editions. Growth is managed carefully to maintain quality and protect the natural environment. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1895085/millar-de-ciclistas-recorren-el-corazon-de-malaga-en-la-iv-marcha-coin-caminito-del-rey/
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Judicial collapse- the TSJA estimates that there is a lack of 82 judges in the province of Malaga alone: {Translation, summary}
– The Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) raises the need for the province of Malaga to have 82 new judgeships to reduce the backlog and also shows concern about the “striking shortcomings” that have the headquarters of the judicial parties of the Costa del Sol. .
– In the Provincial Court itself are proposed six positions of magistrates for civil jurisdiction and four for the criminal order. Particularly noteworthy is the proposal of 25 new positions for First Instance in Malaga and ten territorial assignment judges (JAT). For Instruction there are four positions requested, two more for Violence against Women, eight for Social and four for Mercantile. The latter is the same number as for Criminal Law.
– In the province, the proposal, approved by majority, but with the particular vote of the president, raises three new positions for the courts of First Instance of Fuengirola, two for those of Torremolinos and the same for Marbella, where it also requires a place for the Court of Violence against Women.
– Likewise, the TSJA proposes a new position for judges in the judicial districts of Coín, Torrox, Vélez-Málaga and Estepona, while it proposes two for Antequera and one for Archidonam as long as these judicial districts are not merged.
– As for infrastructure, they have indicated that Malaga capital “poses problems of lack of space that require materializing a second judicial building and perform actions around the current City of Justice, both in the existing plot within the enclosure itself as in another ground that is currently used as a parking lot”.
– And again the judicial parties of the Costa del Sol emphasize, the situation “continues with dispersion and striking shortcomings in virtually all judicial offices,” a point on which he notes that Estepona, Fuengirola, Marbella and Torremolinos “urgently need new infrastructure to develop the judicial work in decent conditions”. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/malaga/colapso-judicial-tsja-estima-faltan-jueces-solo-20250506184950-nts.html
TORROX
Torrox achieves three blue flags for the first time and consolidates its tourist leadership on the Costa del Sol: {Translation, summary}
– The municipality of Torrox has been distinguished this year with three Blue Flags, awarded by the Association of Environmental Education and Consumer (ADEAC), consolidating its position as one of the most outstanding tourist destinations on the Costa del Sol. To the already recognized beaches of Ferrara and El Morche is added, for the first time, the beach Cenicero-Las Dunas, also located in El Morche, which has obtained this prestigious award that certifies the environmental quality, safety and services offered.
– The beaches of Ferrara and El Morche, which already had the Blue Flag, also have the ‘Q for Tourism Quality’ certificate, which reinforces their position as reference destinations in Andalusia. T
– The obtaining of the Blue Flag by Cenicero-Las Dunas is especially significant, as it puts in value an area that has undergone improvements in accessibility, cleanliness and services in recent years. This recognition is aligned with the objectives of the City Council to diversify the tourist offer and promote all areas of the coastline torroxeño. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torrox-logra-tres-banderas-azules-por-primera-vez-y-consolida-su-liderazgo-turistico-en-la-costa-del-sol/
NERJA
Nerja celebrates the Equestrian Passion event for the benefit of the AECC on May 24: {Translation, summary}
– This Wednesday the event “Equestrian Passion” has been announced, a charity event for the benefit of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC). The event, to be held on May 24, will take place in the parking area of the beach El Playazo, next to the natural environment of the Rio Seco.
– The IV Concurso Social de Doma Vaquera (Cowboy Dressage Social Competition) and the V Concurso de Arrastre de Piedras con Mulos (Stone Dragging with Mules) will both be held on the same day. The competitions will have three categories, as explained Vicente Santiago, spokesman of the Club Cultural Equitación y Enganche San Isidro de Nerja. In addition, he stressed that all tests will be developed in strict compliance with animal welfare protocols, authorized by the Regional Agricultural Office of Velez-Malaga and supervised by a veterinarian at all times.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/nerja-celebra-el-evento-pasion-ecuestre-a-beneficio-de-la-aecc-el-24-de-mayo/
WORLD
Nuclear Powers Collide- India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says it will retaliate:
– India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian aircraft and vowed to retaliate, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in New Delhi that “if Pakistan responds, India will respond”, fuelling fears of a larger military conflict in one of the world’s most dangerous – and most populated – nuclear flashpoint regions.
– India said it struck nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants that killed 25 Hindu tourists and one local in Indian Kashmir last month.
– Pakistan said at least 26 of its civilians had been killed and that India “had ignited an inferno in the region”. Islamabad pledged to respond “at a time, place and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty”, emphatically rejecting Indian allegations it had terrorist camps on its territory.
– The Indian strikes included Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, for the first time since the last full-scale war between the old enemies more than half a century ago.
“The targets we had set were destroyed with exactness according to a well-planned strategy,” India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. “We have shown sensitivity by ensuring that no civilian population was affected in the slightest.”
– Islamabad said none of the six locations targeted in Pakistan were militant camps. At least 26 civilians were killed and 46 wounded, a Pakistan military spokesperson said.
– Indian TV channels showed videos of explosions, fire, large plumes of smoke in the night sky and people fleeing in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. Reuters could not independently verify the footage. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/multiple-loud-explosions-heard-pakistani-kashmir-reuters-witness-2025-05-06/
ENERGY CRISIS
Pinocchio Sánchez lies about Spain’s uranium and gets called out: {Translation}
– Following the statements made by Minister Sara Aagesen last Wednesday (“I assure you we do not have uranium”), Pedro Sánchez proclaimed in his lengthy opening speech at Wednesday’s plenary session, as an anti-nuclear argument, that “there is no uranium in Spain and we will have to import it”. “From where, ladies and gentlemen?” said the president, alluding to Russia and overlooking the fact that his government has no problems importing another raw material, gas, from the same country.
– The president repeated a claim by Aagesen that was soon contradicted by data: Spain does have uranium, but actually there were two mines extracting it, processing plants were built, and years after their closure, a company tried to exploit it again, only to face rejection from then-Minister Teresa Ribera.
– In his reply, Sánchez took the opportunity to correct himself amid a flood of mentions on social media, including from the PP (“We have more uranium than Pedro Sánchez has shame”). According to the president, the statements recalling that Spain “has a lot of uranium” are a “simplification of reality”. Among other things, he said the deposits “stopped being exploited decades ago because they were economically unviable and highly polluting” and discoursed on “uranium mining”, which he said “generates long-lasting waste”, has high management costs, and poses “an extraordinary risk to health and the environment”. He also pointed out that Spain “could neither process nor enrich” uranium for use in reactors and that only four companies worldwide can do so, of which “60 per cent are in Russia and China”. “Creating the uranium value chain would be impossible, involving a cost Spain is unwilling to bear,” he concluded. And he lied to us again.
– Spain’s uranium reserves are recorded by the International Atomic Energy Agency in its so-called Red Book of Uranium, a comprehensive report published periodically on the status of uranium reserves worldwide and extraction projects. Spain appears as one of the European countries with the largest reserves (28,500 tonnes) and it also mentions past exploitation and the unsuccessful recent attempt.
– In Spain, uranium deposits in the west of the peninsula began to be exploited in the 1950s. In 1957, the Saelices el Chico mine in Salamanca opened, remaining operational until 2000 and producing between 200 and 300 tonnes annually. Meanwhile, in 1966 another mine, La Haba in Badajoz, opened and produced about 30 tonnes until its closure in 1990. Alongside, and spurred by the development of Spain’s nuclear park, processing plants were built: the Andújar concentrate factory and facilities like the Elefante plant in Saelices, closed in 1993, and the Quercus plant in Ciudad Rodrigo, which produced nearly 5,800 tonnes of uranium concentrate until its closure in 2002. The only stage of uranium processing not carried out in Spain was enrichment.
– In our country, although Sánchez dismissed it in two lines, a uranium-associated industry flourished for decades under public umbrella and today’s last example is the fuel element factory in Juzbado, owned by the public company Enusa, which supplies most Spanish reactors and also plants in other European countries. The company also handles the purchase of uranium oxide from other countries, which it then incorporates into fuel elements.
– Russia, despite Sánchez’s implication, is not the main uranium supplier: according to the latest data published by Enusa, 65 per cent was imported from Kazakhstan; 11 per cent from Uzbekistan; 9.7 per cent from Namibia; and 6.3 per cent from Russia, among others.
– The president also forgot to mention his government’s battle against uranium extraction: the Ministry for Ecological Transition did not grant the key permit to Berkeley, the company that tried to open a mine and a concentrate plant in Retortillo, Salamanca, because it did see economic viability in exploiting this mineral. The refusal, first by the Nuclear Safety Council and then by the ministry, led the company to initiate an international arbitration process that could end up costing Spain hundreds of millions.
– Forbidden to search and extract uranium in Spain? At the same time, the Socialist government promoted a law that would ensure a case like Berkeley’s would not happen again: the Climate Change Law approved in 2021 includes in its article 10 a reference to “deposits of radioactive minerals” and establishes that “no new applications for the granting of exploration permits, research permits or direct exploitation concessions, nor their extensions, will be accepted”.
– It specifies that after the law’s entry into force, “no new applications for authorisation of radioactive installations in the nuclear fuel cycle for the processing of such radioactive minerals will be accepted either”. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2025-05-07/sanchez-tambien-miente-con-el-uranio-que-espana-si-posee-pero-tiene-prohibido-extraer-7251494/
TECH
RIP- Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives:
– Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service.
– Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011, was beloved by a dwindling group of users who appreciated how it let them make cheap long-distance calls as well as communicate with other users through chat messages, voice or video calls.
– Read about the alternatives here: https://apnews.com/article/skype-internet-microsoft-telecom-0b0155de4a8b6f8ae388b84cf80471c8
FROM THE “WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING” DEPARTMENT
Forbidden to teach that there are only two sexes- the new ideological crusade of communist Minister Yolanda Díaz: {Translation}
– The ideological offensive of Yolanda Diaz {pic} now enters the classroom. Sumar (communist) has registered this Monday in the Congress a bill that prohibits that in Spanish schools is taught as scientific truth that there are only two sexes. One more step in the strategy of the extreme left party to impose gender identity as the central axis of the new legality, from the classrooms to the Civil Registry.
– Going into detail, the text establishes that educational administrations and universities must avoid the dissemination as scientific truths of “theoretical currents” that deny the bodily diversity of intersex people, which in practice will mean vetoing any type of teaching that defends that there are only men and women as biological categories.
– In addition, the law will force the introduction of identities such as gender fluid, agender, extrabinary or queer in school contents. It is not only a matter of expanding content: teachers, administrative staff, families and students themselves will also have to be re-educated. According to the text, every center where there are intersex students must implement an LGTBI training plan for the entire educational community.
– But Diaz’s crusade does not stop in the classrooms. As Libertad Digital already reported, Sumar’s proposal also includes the legal recognition of “non-binary” sex in the DNI and passport, a lifetime compensation for those who claim to have suffered non-consensual genital modifications, and the possibility of registering sexless babies in the Civil Registry, applying instead a “foster sex” until they “manifest their real and felt identity”.
– The text qualifies as “invisibilization” the fact that the registers only admit men or women, and presents the inclusion of a third box as “crucial” to guarantee access to health, education and legal procedures. In fact, Sumar proposes to reform all state forms – from medical records to judicial reports – to adapt them to this new category.
– The proposal also states that minors will be able to freeze their reproductive cells to decide in the future if they want to change their sex, while doctors who intervene on intersex minors without complying with the new ideological criteria could be criminally charged for serious injuries, even with parental consent.
– In addition, any diagnosis related to intersexuality, such as ambiguous genitalia or chromosomal alterations, is eliminated as a cause for exclusion in the Army, the Police and the Civil Guard, in what the text considers a “historical discrimination”.
– In short, what Yolanda Díaz is demanding to impose is not a minor issue. It is nothing less than a complete redefinition of human sex and a profound restructuring of the State to replace biology with self-perceived identity. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2025-05-07/prohibido-ensenar-que-solo-hay-dos-sexos-la-nueva-cruzada-ideologica-de-yolanda-diaz-7251677/
CANCEL CULTURE / #MeToo
Smokey Robinson, 85 years old, and his wife, accused by former long-term housekeepers of recent sexual assaults and rape:
– Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit (civil case, not a single criminal charge filed) filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks at least $50 million in damages over the alleged assaults, which the women say took place between 2007 and 2024, and labor violations including a hostile work environment, illegally long hours and lack of pay. A message seeking comment from a representative for the 85-year-old Robinson was not immediately answered.
– All said they eventually quit over the assaults, though in some cases it took several years. And all said they feared coming forward over fears of retaliation, public shame and possible effects on their immigration status.
– The lawsuit also names Robinson’s wife Frances Robinson as a defendant, alleging that she enabled his behavior despite knowing about past sexual misconduct. It also blames her for the hostile work environment, saying she berated them with language that included ethnic slurs.
– One woman said she worked for the Robinsons from 2012 until 2024, and was assaulted at least 20 times in that span. Another said she worked for them from 2014 until 2020, and was assaulted at least 23 times. Another said she worked for them for a year before quitting in 2024 and was assaulted at least seven times. The fourth woman, who said she also acted as Frances Robinson’s personal assistant, hairdresser and cook, worked for them for 18 years before resigning in 2024. She cited similar experiences to the other women, but did not say how often she was assaulted.
– Plaintiffs’ attorney Herbert Hayden said that while they felt the assaults are worthy of criminal investigation {that requires a higher degree of proof than a civil suit}, the women have not filed police reports, based on the same fears that kept them from coming forward. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/smokey-robinson-la-lawsuit-sexual-assault-1512119eb018782fffad29d1d0358724
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