Alberto Garzón gets off scot-free after calling King Juan Carlos a “thief” and “criminal”: his judicial victory

The Minister of Consumption celebrated a judicial victory on his social networks on Monday. The Supreme Court has rejected a complaint by the Manos Limpias union against Alberto Garzon for some controversial words about the King Juan Carloswho celebrates Christmas in Abu Dhabi after two and a half years residing in the United Arab Emirates.

Garzón’s words were as follows: “We are talking about an accredited criminal, accredited, moreover, by himself and that all of Spain knows that this person is a thief.” He said it a few months ago, in May, after the Prosecutor’s Office closed the investigation into the fortune of the father of Philip VI.

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After the decision in his favor by the criminal court, the leader of the United Left wrote on Twitter: “Another lawsuit from the extreme right that, fortunately, comes to nothing.” As anticipated elDiario.esthe Supreme Court does not see a crime of insults against the royal institution and points out that it was “a matter of current affairs and public interest.”

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The news comes after learning that the minister and his wife, Dr. Anna RuizThey will become a large family. In September, both announced it on their social networks: “Life continues to make its way,” she wrote. Together they have Olivia, who was born in 2018, and Chloe, who came into the world in full confinement by Covid-19, in 2020.

Garzón and Ruiz have been married since August 2017. They said “yes, I want” in the municipality of Cenicero (La Rioja), where the politician spent much of his childhood. They then enjoyed their honeymoon in New Zealand.