After receiving a notice of complaint from Alberto González Amador, boyfriend of Isabel Diaz AyusoXabier Fortes has released a statement in which he calls it an “attempt at coercion” on his part. The public television journalist referred to him as the “confessed author of tax fraud,” the reason for the lawsuit.

In addition to Fortes, The complaint notice also affects journalists Luis Arroyo and Enric Juliana, collaborators of the ‘Canal 24 Horas’ program.which is broadcast during the early hours of the public. After the lawsuit, the presenter has expressed that he will send a letter of protection to the College of Journalists of Galicia and the News Council of TVE.

In the statement shared on Xabier Fortes’ social networks, he explains that last Thursday, December 5, he received a burofax from Alberto González Amador’s lawyer in which he summoned him to a conciliation act prior to filing the notice of complaint “for insults.” and you slander your sponsor.” All this, clarifying that The reason for the complaint would be for having referred to him as “the confessed author of tax fraud.”.

Fortes clarifies in the statement that he finds this act “shocking”, since he points out that González Amador himself “acknowledges in a document sent to the prosecution that ‘two crimes have certainly been committed against the Public Treasury’.”

After this clarification, Fortes reaffirms in the statement the expression used for having previously confessed “to being a fraudster.”. Finally, Fortes also expresses that, in 36 years of profession, he has never been convicted or denounced for the work he has done.

Both Fortes and Juliana have expressed a few words of gratitude after the shows of support on social networks. The presenter of ‘The Night in 24 Hours’ has defined what happened as an “exactly opposite effect to what they were looking for.” and the journalist Enric Juliana has insisted on not losing sight of the main focus of the issue: “an attempt is made to limit the right to information about facts that are in the public domain.”.

On the other hand, the new president of RTVEJosé Pablo López has also spoken out denouncing the “democratic regression where they try to silence criticism with a gag complaint.”transferring his support to the presenter publicly.