Two More Women Report Sexual Assault by Detained Girona Doctor
Two more women have filed sexual assault complaints against a 58-year-old Girona orthopedic surgeon. Four complaints are now pending with the courts.
Two more women have filed sexual assault complaints against an orthopedic and trauma surgeon who was arrested in Girona last week, La Vanguardia reported on Thursday. The Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalonia’s police) received both complaints on Wednesday. The women say they were touched inappropriately by the doctor, who works at a private clinic in the city.
The complaints are allegations. The doctor has not been convicted of anything.
How the case developed
The doctor, 58, was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 7, after a patient filed a complaint a day earlier. She alleged inappropriate touching. After he was arrested, he was brought before a judge and released provisionally. He must remain available to the court whenever it calls him.
According to La Vanguardia, the two new complainants went to the Mossos after the first patient made her case public in the media. One says the events took place in early May, and the other says they happened last October.
What the new complaints describe
Both women say the doctor touched them inappropriately. Neither complaint has been tested in court. They add to a case that became public when the first patient spoke to the media and then went to the Mossos, and that led to the arrest within a day of her complaint.
Earlier complaints against him
Sources close to the case told the newspaper that two other complaints about similar conduct were already on file before the arrest. The first dates from 2024 and was closed because the authorities did not consider that a crime had been committed. The second was filed last June.
The doctor has worked for 18 years at the Actúa clinic in Girona, according to the same report.
What this means for the investigation
Four complaints are now waiting to be resolved: the one from June, the one filed on Nov. 6 that led to the arrest, and the two submitted on Wednesday. The 2024 complaint is not among them because it was closed.
Until those four are resolved, the doctor remains free on provisional release and has to appear before the court whenever he is summoned.
Source: La Vanguardia
