One of Javier Pérez Santana's companions denies having any relationship with the sexual assault

"I did not witness the events for which Javier Pérez Santana was arrested.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
30 January 2023 Monday 14:11
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One of Javier Pérez Santana's companions denies having any relationship with the sexual assault

"I did not witness the events for which Javier Pérez Santana was arrested. I was not present during the altercation with the actress, the arrival of the police or the subsequent arrest. It was not until the next day that I learned of what happened, through from the press". This is how forceful the director Adrián Silvestre has expressed himself, who has used Twitter to disassociate himself from the alleged sexual assault on the actress Jedet by the producer Santana during the celebration after the Feroz awards.

Silvestre, director of the feature film Mi vacío y yo, finalist of the night for the Non-Fiction Outburst Award, attended the event together with Santana, producer of the film, and the protagonist of the film, Raphaëlle Pérez, Raphi. After arresting the 55-year-old film producer for alleged non-consensual touching of the actress, the National Police announced that they would also be investigating the participation of another man, another companion of Santana, whose identity has not been disclosed. Hence the public statement by director Adrián Silvestre disassociating himself from the facts, since he was the best-known face that accompanied the alleged aggressor on the night of the proceedings.

The events denounced took place between four and six in the morning on Sunday, during the party that was held after the gala in the Espacio Ebro, located in a park built on the outskirts of Zaragoza for Expo 2008. Carmen Jedet Izquierdo, artistically known as Jedet, an actress, singer and activist for LGTBIQ rights, denounced that she had been the victim of a sexual assault by the producer. According to the complaint, her attacker would have "touched her chest."

There is a second complaint filed against Javier Pérez Santana that same night, according to the police report. A second victim of those alleged non-consensual touching – an unidentified man – also decided to file a complaint.

"Therefore, I was not involved directly or indirectly in this or in any other sexual assault. I have not been arrested, denounced or investigated," says the director of Mi vacío y yo on his Twitter account, where he also strongly condemns the facts.