The "nanny case" has been shelved due to lack of evidence. The judge considers that the investigation opened into an adviser to the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, and a former employee of Podemos lacks sufficient evidence. It has not been possible to prove that either of these two women cared for the children of Montero and Pablo Iglesias while they performed functions paid for with public money.
The head of the Court of Instruction number 52 of Madrid, Juan José Escalonilla, has agreed to dismiss the case known as the "nanny case" a few weeks after he took a statement as a defendant from a former head of the party's press department.
According to the file order, to which Efe has had access, not only is it not proven that the investigated, Teresa Arévalo and Gara Santana, "were in charge of caring for the children" of Irene Montero and former Vice President of the Government Pablo Iglesias, but also that Nor has it been verified that "any person" has done so while performing functions paid by Podemos or by the public treasury.
It underlines, in the case of the minister's adviser, Teresa Arévalo, the fact that she traveled on October 20, 2019 to an electoral act in Alicante with Irene Montero "no evidence can be inferred that the displacement of said investigated it was for the care" of her daughter, but "in fulfillment of the position she held within the political party at that time".
Nor does he see evidence to support the statement of a former logistics employee of Podemos, who pointed out that Gara Santana also had to take care of the children of Irene Montero and Pablo Iglesias, a version that cannot be established "as sufficient supporting rational evidence," says the judge.
This case arose from the complaint of the former head of Regulatory Compliance of Podemos, Mónica Carmona, who refused before the court to reveal the identity of the person who transmitted the information to her and assured that she did not investigate it because she was dismissed.
It is one of the procedures that the magistrate opened in relation to Podemos, among which the Neurona case stands out, where he investigates the hiring of a Mexican consultant of the same name for the 2019 general elections.
