Gómez sends report by Guadix ex-councilor

Begoña Gómez has sent judge Juan Carlos Peinado an expert report arguing that her role in a Complutense University chair followed normal practice for non-official university programs. (rtve.es) (okdiario.com) The report was signed by Antonio Manuel López Hernández, a professor at the University of Granada, former president of Andalusia’s Court of Accounts and a former Socialist councilor in Guadix. OKDIARIO reported Tuesday, April 28, that the filing is dated April 16, 2026. (okdiario.com) RTVE reported on April 24 that the defense submission reviewed 209 university courses and said 96 of 109 permanent-training master’s programs were codirected. Of those 96, the report says 72 — or 75% — included at least one person from outside Complutense. (rtve.es) The same report says outside professionals commonly take part in university chairs and classrooms because those programs are designed as public-private collaborations. It also says the academic institution keeps formal control through codirectors and university bodies. (rtve.es) (elplural.com) That matters because Peinado’s case has focused in part on Gómez’s work in the Complutense chair on Competitive Social Transformation, including whether an external figure could lawfully codirect it. RTVE said the judge has decided to move against her for malversation, influence peddling, business corruption and misappropriation of a trademark. (rtve.es) The defense has been preparing this line for weeks. El Mundo reported on April 1 that Gómez’s lawyer, former minister Antonio Camacho, told the court he would file three expert reports if the case was not shelved, including one on extraordinary chairs and another on the alleged €113,000 loss tied to the chair’s software project. (elmundo.es) The filing also arrives after a clash between the judge and prosecutors over whether the case should continue at all. RTVE reported on April 22 that the Madrid prosecutor’s office asked the Provincial Court to archive the case against Gómez, her Moncloa aide Cristina Álvarez and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés because it saw no criminal offense. (rtve.es) (elpais.com) Supporters of Gómez’s defense say the numbers show her arrangement was not unusual inside Complutense. Critics quoted by OKDIARIO say the report speaks in general terms about university chairs and does not resolve the specific facts Peinado is examining in her case. (okdiario.com) (elplural.com) For now, the report gives Gómez a concrete argument built around how Complutense actually runs these programs: codirection, outside professionals and limited or no pay are presented as standard features, not proof of a crime. (rtve.es) (okdiario.com)