When the lights of the gala of the Fierce Awards 2023which was held yesterday in the Multipurpose Hall of Zaragozathe After party organized in the Espacio Ebro venue, located in the Water Parkended up with two complaints filed by paths sexual assaults suffered inside the compound and with a 55-year-old man in custody, as EL PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN has advancedfrom the Iberian Press group. The latter will go to court this afternoon for the Investigating Court number 6, which is on duty.
This alleged aggressor, who belongs to the production company of one of the films nominated for the awards Feroz 2023, is the person that the Zaragoza Local Police arrested at the Espacio Ebro party. After an alert was given, as confirmed by the president of the Association of Cinematographic Informants of Spain, María Guerra, by the actress Jedet (she rose to fame for giving life to the character of Cristina Ortiz, ‘La Veneno’), who was the woman treated by the agents. According to the complaint itself, the arrested man would have “touched the chest” of the victim.
Who is Jedet?
Carmen Jedet Izquierdo Sánchez, artistically known as Jedet, is a Spanish actress, singer and activist for LGTBIQ rights. Born in Gerona in 1992, she assumed her true gender identity at the age of 12, an issue that has always been present in her versatile artistic career and in her tireless defense of the ‘trans’ collective. He began to make himself known on social networks under the name ‘King Jedet’ and thanks to his impact he managed to publish his first book in 2016, at the age of 24, entitled ‘My gift, diary of an open heart on the channel’, which was followed by ‘Butterfly Effect’ in 2020. He began in the world of television playing secondary roles in ‘Looser’ and in the popular comedy series ‘Paquita Salas’, but his fame would come with the series ‘La Veneno’, where he gave life to Cristina Ortiz, ‘la Veneno’, one of the most influential icons of the LGTBIQ collective in Spain. Such was her success that she Jedet won the Ondas award for best actress for that role, thus continuing an acting career that has already crossed borders, with her role as Paula in the Mexican production ‘Mujeres asesinas’.
Now the National Police too he wants to know the version of the numerous witnesses present at the party. While the investigation continues into another man suspected of this assault, another member of the film production company and partner of the aggressorfor the same facts denounced by Jedet.
As this newspaper has been able to learn in the first instance, after 6:00 a.m. this Sunday the Local police de Zaragoza received the telephone notice from the security team of the Feroz awards, in charge of this matter also at the after party. The municipal agents went to the premises where the event was taking place and ended up arresting an adult man linked to the world of cinema, who was transferred to the National Police premises, as he has finally been the Family and Women Unit (UFAM) which has taken charge of the investigation. The participation of a second individual in the same attack is also being investigated and there could be news in the next few hours.
Regarding the object of the complaint, it seems it would be “chest touching”, although it will be the investigation that determines the scope of the aggression. The alleged victim communicated the facts to the workers of Espacio Ebro, who started the protocol immediately. The security of the event was in charge of contacting the security forces, who appeared at the venue.
On the other hand, the National Police has also registered a second complaint for sexual assault inside the compound, in this case being the victim a man and the accused another man. In this case he has not been arrested, at least for the moment. In this case, there was no prior intervention by the Local Police.
The organization of the Feroz condemns the facts
The Association of Cinematographic Informants of Spain (AICE), organizer of the Feroz, has issued a statement, published on its website, in which it has remarked that “repudiates and strongly condemns the sexual assaults that have been reported at the party after the 2023 Feroz Awards gala”.
“The event’s security team intervened as soon as they learned of the incident, isolating the attackers and assisting the victims,” they noted in the document, in which they indicated that a police presence was requested “immediately,” that they have been in charge of complaints and investigation.
“Once what happened is clarified, the alleged perpetrators of this unfortunate event will be banned from the Feroz Awards and from all the activities organized by the IAEC”they have assured. Likewise, they have offered their full support to the victims and have affirmed that since the AICE always works so that the Feroz and all its events “They are a safe place, so they are collaborating with the police to clarify what happened.”
Communiqué by the city council
Meanwhile, following the information provided by EL PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓNbegin to appear first expressions of condemnation about what happened. The first, the Zaragoza City Councilwhich has stated that it “deeply regrets the information that is becoming known through the media and reiterates its absolute condemnation and rejection of any aggression sexual, trusting that the investigations that are already underway can clarify what happened as soon as possible”.
Precisely this Sunday, Zaragoza celebrates the patron saint’s day, San Valero, in which the whole city lives a festive day in the streets with activities in the Plaza del Pilar, museums and other public spaces.
“Negative Image”
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The President of the Government of Aragon, Javier Lambanhas also joined the demonstrations of rejection for what happened at the Feroz Awards party, “for the fact itself and for the negative image that is projected of Zaragoza in Spain”. “I express my indignation at the sexual assaults reported at the Feroz Awards,” she wrote on her Twitter account.
In addition, the Aragonese president has conveyed his “total support for the victims” and has publicly asked “punish the aggressors and demand explanations from the organization“.
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